Malika Love

Philadelphia, Pa


West Philly
native M.C. Malika Love, a woman who loves music from the bottom of her heart, raised in the presence of the entertainment industry she developed her love for the drums and the baseline of songs at an early age, her father’s first cousins were Roland (guitarist/bass) and “Carl Chambers” (drums) two of the best musician that ever touched those instruments, they also were original members of The Sound of Philadelphia (TSOP) and a group titled “Yellow Sun Shine”. Malika recalls specifically being a child at her great grandmother’s house falling asleep to the sounds of them practicing the baseline and drums of a song called Yellow Sun Shine also family gatherings to watch them on TV shows to the likes of Soul Train and American Bandstand. Several blocks over was her other grandparents’ home. Every Sunday family and friends(Jim Trotter, Little Richard) would gather to watch her mother’s brother and some of his teammates skate to the arena on 46th & Market st, in Philly to an event called “The Roller Derby”, he was on a team titled “The Philadelphia Warriors”. they had weekly televised competitions with other teams from different states. Malika remembers attending some of the live taping of the events and how attractive she was to the excitement of it all It was during her recognition of Roland Chambers contributions a song titled The Double Dutch bus when Malika decided to pursue her career as a hip hop artist, therefore she began to listen and record every Lady B show on W H A T, follow dance groups like “The Franchise boys”, dj’s like Nutter, “BabyDST”, “Jazzy Jeff”, and “The Mighty B-Force” to house & block parties, in addition to attending hip hop concerts such as The Fresh Feast and Raising Hell tours. At this point she met “Dj Bones” and promoter Bobby Dance, She began to host parties and eventually becoming the opening act at most of Dances events. In 1988 she released her firsts single on w/Dj Bones on Bobby Dance Records called Co Rock Steady (produced by Ryan Rockwell) lt was later released on a

  • Education
    • Institute of Audio Research,