Toronto raised songstress Ayah sits down with The Smoking Section for an insightful interview about her background, her career and influences.  Bellow Ayah speaks on the Toronto based Remix Project, where she has been a participant for years.

I know all around the world there are youth initiatives where people in the community or youths in the community, even the elder youths (twenty-somethings) that reach out and put together art programs, community centers and things like that. The Remix Project started that way and has evolved into something that is so amazing. Basically it’s a group of people who are in their twenties, been through their own life struggles and have put together a lot of government support, sponsorships and corporate stuff so they can have a huge facility that can take 30 kids every semester: 10 in the music sector, 10 in business and 10 in the creative arts sector. And, basically, they give them all the resources they can ever have or need to accomplish whatever goal they can dream of. So if I want to start a cleaning company, I can do it. If I want to be a singer the studio is there.

Everybody that works there is heavily in the industry and really successful at what they do. I was a youth worker there at one point and in the music sector. It’s amazing because they give them mentors and they have all the resources. They have a business center (and) everything you could ever want. If you walk in there with a dream they’ll help you plan it and show you how to get there along the way. So it’s a really dope place in Toronto.

If you haven’t done so already, cop Ayah’s latest album 4:15.  You can get it here.

Check out the Ayah’s full interview here….

Previously: VIDEO: Ayah – “In My Lifetime”

PREVIOUSLY:

• INTERVIEW: The Real Frequency Presents – In The Lab w/ Lyve
• VIDEO: Ayah – “In My Lifetime”
• GIVE MONEY, MAKE CHANGE REMIX PROJECT: FUNDRAISER JUNE 11 @ CIRCA