THE REAL ME

BORN AND RAISED IN A SMALL SOUTHWEST ARIZONA TOWN, VICTORIA A. (AKA- MZ.QI'S) HEARTS DESIRE WAS TO WRITE AND RECORD MUSIC. AT AGE 4 SHE HAD ALREADY BEGUN TO HUM THE BLUES AS A CALMING PASS TIME. HER FATHER JEROME JEFFRIES HAD DABBLED IN MUSIC DURING HER EARLY CHILD HOOD YEARS, AND HER MOTHER CONSUELO A. HAD BEEN A 70'S FUNK JUNKIE WHO COLLECTED RECORDS OF VARIOUS ARTISTS AND PLAYED THEM FREQUENTLY WHILE DANCING ABOUT. THE ARTISTIC CREATIVITY OF HER FATHER AND THE MUSICAL PASSION OF HER MOTHER
IGNITED A FLAME INSIDE HER THAT COULD NOT BE EXPLAINED IN WORDS. IT WOULD BE MZ.QI'S DESTINY TO PICK UP WHERE HER FATHER HAD LEFT OFF. AT AGE 13 MZ.QI CAUGHT THE ATTENTION OF HER 7TH GRADE MUSIC TEACHER. HER VOICE STOOD OUT FROM THE OTHER CHILDREN. IT WAS STRONG AND CONFIDENT. SHE BECAME THE MOST FREQUENTLY CHOSEN TO DO SOLO PARTS IN SCHOOL PLAYS AND ASSEMBLIES. AT AGE 15 SHE BEGAN DEALING WITH DEPRESSION ISSUES AND WROTE HER FIRST SONG TITLED UNSPOKEN. MUSIC THEN BECAME A ROUTE OF ESCAPE FROM THE TROUBLES OF HER YOUNG MIND. AT AGE 17 SHE STARTED A RAP GROUP WITH A FEW OF HER PEER'S NAMED CRIMINAL PASSION. A YEAR LATER THE GROUP SPLIT UP AND IN THE PROSESS ONE OF THE OTHER MEMBERS, IN A FIT OF RAGE BURNED AND DESTROYED ALL OF HER WRITTEN UNPUBLISHED WORK. MZ.QI WAS FORCED TO BEGIN AGAIN. AT AGE 18 SHE BECAME A MEMBER OF A GROUP CALLED D.P.K. PRODUCTIONS. THAT ENDED AFTER A SHORT 4 MONTHS DUE TO CONFLICTING INTRESTS, BUT MZ.QI WAS NOT A QUITER SO SHE ONCE AGAIN BEGAN TO PICK UP THE PEICES OF HER DREAMS AND PASTE THEM TOGETHER. IN 2002 SHE BECAME AN ACTIVE MEMBER OF A GROUP CALLED QUEST 4 CASH AND BEGAN TO RECORD TRACKS UNDER THE HARDRHYME LABEL. AFTER 3 YEARS, DUE TO PERSONAL ISSUES AMONG THE MEMBERS, SHE BROKE AWAY FROM THE GROUP AND HER LIFE TOOK A MAJOR TURN. MZ.QI. BEGAN TO RECORD HER INDIVIDUAL ALBUM WHICH IS CURRENTLY UNDER CONSTRUCTION. WHEN ASKED TO SUM UP HER LIFE IN ONE SENTANCE MZ.QI SIMPLY REPLIED, (ASK ME AGAIN IN 10 YEAR'S..... I AIN'T THROUGH LIVIN YET!)