Born in Chula Vista, California, with Japanese and African-American roots, Wrice spent most of her time attached to her mother’s hip. Her father, a Shreveport, Louisiana, native who was raised in Flint, Michigan, met her mother while stationed in Japan with the U.S. Navy. While he continued to travel due to his military service, Wrice and her mom made the San Diego area their home, drawn to the Buddhist community they found in Chula Vista.
Wrice is an only child, and outside of going to Japanese Saturday school and Buddhist meetings with her mom, she spent a lot of time by herself, which is how music got in the picture. “Music was my first love, my best friend,” she says. “My sibling that I never had.”
She spent her free time watching all the music videos she could, and was inspired by artists like Missy Elliot and Tamia; she dates her earliest childhood memory with music to listening to Notorious B.I.G. and 112’s “Only You” remix in the car with her dad. As a seven-year-old, she would sing along to classic R&B tracks by singers like Faith Evans as her cousin was practicing DJing. Later on, she briefly considered attending an arts school. By college, Wrice had decided to go on to a career of teaching special-needs kids, until she had a change of heart. “I grew up with parents who are like, ‘You should be a lawyer,’” she says. “[They felt] singing and entertainment is just a hobby.”
After high school, Wrice continued recording R&B and hip-hop covers in college while her friend played the ukulele. Her college classmates began to recognize her from her YouTube covers, and encouraged her to pursue a career in music, eventually leading Wrice to move to Los Angeles. “When I graduated, I decided being an educator will always be there, go after music, move to L.A.,” says Wrice. “You’re 21. Just see what could happen.”
Once in L.A., Wrice worked odd jobs, used social media to leverage herself as an artist, and met the right people to grow her career. In 2016, she put ou
基本资料
来自美国加州的女歌手Joyce Wrice，用她柔和而优雅的嗓音引起轰动，介绍了R＆B和爵士音乐的新型现代融合。受她年轻时父亲的唱片收藏的影响，她的灵感融合了经典的R＆B，使声音柔和而感性。从她2016年发行的第一张EP“ Stay Around”到与MNDSGN和Kay Franklin的持续合作。保持经典，在网上找到她的音乐，包括黑胶唱片甚至录音带。
这位R＆B和灵魂歌手现在在洛杉矶工作，也在欧洲和亚洲的国际上找到新的成功。
从艺历程：Joyce Wrice是一名佛教徒，深受Brandy和Mariah Carey等人的启发下长大，喜欢听R＆B的音乐。 2013年从大学毕业后，她移居洛杉矶，开始创作新歌。她在三年后的2016年发布了自己的首张EP《Stay》，与SiR，Mndsgn，J.LBS，Chuk Le Garcon和DJ Harrison合作。
在SoundCloud上发行单曲（包括歌曲“ Good Morning”）之后，Wrice终于在2021年3月19日发行了她的首张专辑Overgrown。该专辑由Dernst“ D'Mile” Emile II制作。单曲“ So So Sick”和弗雷迪·吉布斯（Freddie Gibbs）合作的单曲“ On One”；并有Lucky Daye，Westside Gunn，Masego，KAYTRANADA和Devin Morrison在专辑中参与了合作。
主要作品
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