Biography

If you were to ask Dreama what she is musically, she might tell you she’s a rapper, or an emcee. If you were to ask her what she does musically, she would definitely tell you that she embodies hip-hop…and this wouldn’t be untrue.

Long before Hammersmith, London native Dreama rapped, she wrote; prose, and poetry – often getting lost in her own imagination. Once it started, that enchantment continually blossomed until the transition came when melody was combined and she discovered her love of music.

Being an eighties baby and a nineties child, Dreama’s exposure to music was vast – every genre was explored; a result of her mother’s varied discography and popular television shows like Top-of-the-Pops. When the age of technology and the internet dawned and access to music began to rise, as did Dreama’s thirst for being a part of it and she began to restlessly create.

This however, was something Dreama didn’t share with her peers until later; her first attempt at putting pen to paper specifically to write a song, was around age 12, just for fun! Four years on, Dreama embraced MySpace; using a cheap voice over mic and very DIY sounding audio she tested the waters.

After receiving a wealth of positive feedback from friends and the MySpace community online, Dreama realised a demand for her music; people she trusted the opinions of were both intrigued and impressed by it.

During the course of her academic studies, Dreama made time to upload new music to her MySpace page despite a hectic schedule, but it was only after she completed study, that she was able to devote her full attention to her true passion. Her music.

Dreama immerses herself in hip-hop’s history and growth, to her, hip-hop is something that began with a society of people with a desire to educate and to entertain through art and expression, and she remains inspired by this with intentions to add to and expand this art.

After having fun with a series of freestyles and songs and continuing to grow her fan-base by posting the tracks online, Dreama officially embarked on her musical journey, independently creating, engineering and funding her début release, a body of work in the form of a mixtape titled A Dreama’s Reality, which she made available for free. 

Through self promotion, A Dreama’s Reality, which was released on 15/02/2011, has gained an array of recognition, with tracks featured on both underground and mainstream radio ( notably – BBC 6 Introducing, BBC London 94.9fm, Spark FM, Amazing Radio), as well as number of interviews and features online, both in UK and overseas.

Upon hearing her, people have often related Dreama’s melodic tone to some of the “oldskool” greats (Ladybug Mecca, Monie Love, Shanice, TLC) – but with an added sharp (and often cheeky) modern-edge owed to her content and lyricism. However, whilst comparison will forever be a matter of opinion, the facts remain; it is Dreama’s abundance of originality, creativity and versatility that set her apart.

Welcome, to Dreama’s reality…