Tarica June’s critically-acclaimed project, Moonlight Revolution (2010), was the first modern-day hip-hop project to tackle issues of empowerment and politics from the female perspective.  Tarica has performed around the country, sharing the stage with many prominent artists.  She was featured during the 2010 Can-A-Sista-Rock-A-Mic Festival, and she headlined the B-Girl Be Hip-Hop Festival in Minneapolis in 2010.  Tarica recently completed a concert series dedicated to raising funds for community-centered organizations. Benefiting organizations included Jobs with Justice, Empower DC, Words Beats & Life, Iraq Veterans Against the War, and KayNou.

Tarica June’s path to music was unconventional. She first came to love and appreciate the power of the word at the age of eight when she started penning poetry and songs. Using the creative process for cathartic purposes, and keeping her words safely tucked away in private spaces, her first introduction to the D.C. music scene came much later (around 5 years ago) as part of ‘The Movement’.  There she found herself being creative in another way–crocheting and knitting custom pieces for a local artists. Through these connections she linked with a number of producers and musicians, and began recording her previously unshared musings.

Tarica June’s influences are extremely diverse– she names both poets and musical artists — Joni Mitchell, Sonia Sanchez, Nas, Ntozake Shange, Blackstar, Tracy Chapman, Meshell Ndgeocello, Dead Prez, Rah Digga, OutKast — when discussing her most pronounced inspirations. She is currently working on her first album. *Moonlight Revolution is now available for download.