Melissha Martinez (born 21 December 1978), better known by her stage
name Maya Jupiter, is a Mexican-born Australian rapper, songwriter, MC
and radio personality. She released her debut album, Today, in 2003.
She was a member of hip-hop group, Foreign Heights, with MC Trey and
DJ Nick Toth, which released a self-titled album in 2007. At the ARIA
Music Awards of 2007 the trio was nominated for 'Best Urban Release'
for "Get Yours (Remix)". From 2004 to 2008, Jupiter hosted the
national radio station, Triple J's weekly Hip-Hop Show. Thereafter she
pursued her solo career based in Los Angeles and released her second
album, Maya Jupiter, in December 2010.Maya Jupiter was born as
Melissha Martinez on 21 December 1978 in La Paz, Mexico. Her father is
Mexican and her mother is Turkish. She has an elder sister. Her family
moved to Melbourne, Victoria when Jupiter was one year old, then
relocated to Sydney, when she was four. From four to twelve years old,
she grew up in Busby, a suburb in South-western Sydney and then lived
in Ashfield. Her parents provided a wide range of musical experience,
"At home, we always had different styles of music playing ... [m]y mum
used to play classical music, traditional Turkish and pop music, but
she was also into jazz and soul. My father used to listen to
Spanish-language music". In primary school Jupiter was a school
captain, and in secondary school she became a prefect and a sports
captain. At the age of 14, she wrote her first rhyme. Her sister took
her to local salsa and Latin American clubs. In public Jupiter mostly
used English and did not speak much Spanish until she was 17, later
she reflected, "I speak more Spanish than I do Turkish! But I was
raised by my Mum, so she reminds me that I should be making more
Turkish music". At the age of 18, she adopted her stage name using her
mother's advice, "to reflect the Mayan side of her heritage" and began
performing in an R&B club in Sydney.In 1998, Jupiter was introduced to
the Australian hip hop scene at the Urban Xpressions Festival. One of
her early inspirations was Trey, "That was the direction I wanted to
go in, and it was nice to have a female role model". From 2001 she
started recording tracks "in a piecemeal fashion". She had a minor
role in the feature film, Lantana, as a dance instructor. In August
2003 Jupiter released her first album, Today, on Mother Tongues â€"
the first label in the world dedicated to developing women in Hip-Hop
music. "Mamacita" was a track dedicated to her mother, "[it] was about
the divorce of my parents and I guess it was very personal ... very
full on. ... I needed to get out about my father because I didn't see
him for about seven years, which I think incited the whole fascination
of wanting to know about the Mexican culture". Also that year, she
worked with eleven-piece Latin, jazz, hip-hop band, Son Veneno, and
accompanied them to The Belligen Global Music Festival. The
combination have since performed at numerous festivals including
Homebake, Bacardi Festival and supported American singer, Kelis. Maya Jupiter Biography, NetWorth, Height, Age, Weight, Family, Married, Son, Daughter