This 208 fem-cee expresses a conscious rap-style with hints of soul and jazz. R&B/ hip-hop artist from Boise, Idaho, Madisun Grindell AKA Madisun Proof, was introduced to music education early in her life. Playing front roles in musicals and singing in the school choir, she refined her vocal training as she was accepted into her high school’s distinguished varsity choir, Ars Nova. Madisun has attended several writing camps and is a published poet in The Gold Edition The American Library of Poetry 2010. This love for music composition was fueled both by her choral experience and her admiration of writing poetry. Madisun made the transition of self-expression from poetry to hip-hop. Upon her graduation from high school, she was awarded “Best Vocals” in the class of 2016, and released her first 7-track mixtape, Crossroads. Her influences include Lauryn Hill, Atmosphere, Watsky, Justin Timberlake, & Amy Winehouse. Since the release of her mixtape, Madisun has become an award-winning collaborative artist with her 208 Music Family. She is a two-time returning artist at the Boise Music Festival and Treefort Music Festival, opening for headliners like Rhapsody, Oddisee, and Grieves. On the Real was released in May of 2018 as Madisun’s first co-produced track. It is a sneak peak single off of her upcoming exclusive album, Transparent, which is expected to be released in January of 2019.