Kreayshawn
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| Background information | |
| Birth name | Natassia Gail Zolot |
| Also known as | DJ Kreayshawn |
| Born |
September 24, 1989 San Francisco, California, U.S. |
| Origin | Oakland, California |
| Genres | Hip hop |
| Occupation(s) | Rapper, music video director, radio personality on Dash Radio |
| Years active | 2008–present |
| Labels | Columbia |
| Associated acts | White Girl Mob (V-Nasty, Lil Debbie), Lil B, L$D (Grimes, Blood Diamonds), Dev |
| Website | kreayshawn |
Natassia Gail Zolot (born September 24, 1989), better known by her stage name Kreayshawn, is an American rapper, creative director of OK 1984 and music video director from Oakland, California. In 2011, while serving as a member of a rap group with her friends, she released the music video to her debut single, "Gucci Gucci", to internet viral success. The popularity of the song and its video led to a recording contract with Columbia Records soon after. Kreayshawn released her debut studio album, entitled Somethin' 'Bout Kreay, on September 14, 2012.
Kreayshawn is currently the host of "Kreaydio" on The Cut station on Dash Radio.
Natassia Zolot was born on September 24, 1989, in San Francisco. She has Ashkenazi Jewish ancestry from Russia on her mother's side. Her mother, Elka Zolot, is a former member of the San Francisco garage punk band The Trashwomen. Kreayshawn moved to East Oakland and acquired her first video camera at age ten, whereupon she started documenting her raps and films about herself and everyday life.
At the age of 13, Natassia enrolled at Met West High School, which she described as a "new alternative type of high school". Instead of having the usual classes, such as English and mathematics, she had to take an internship at a local radio station three days a week. She was dissatisfied with the lack of work and wanted to go to a normal high school, so she switched to Oakland High School. However, according to Kreayshawn, she "went to none of [her] classes, ever" at her new school, which led to her finishing the term with a 0.0 grade point average and getting expelled for truancy. After taking a short break, she went to Alameda High School but after a few months she was expelled for threatening to throw a watermelon at a schoolmate. After the incident, she then enrolled in the continuation high school, Island High, where she then completed her sophomore year. While attending, she began skipping school for weeks on end. After two weeks, she returned to find out the school moved to a different location. Since she had no address or any contact with the school she was unable to find the new location and never went back.
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