The Portland, OR bread musician wants the world to know that the music being
birthed out of her comes from experience. A heady and creative young woman
involved in a number of traditionally male-dominated industries, Octavia, as a
secular artist going by the name of “151”, was a burgeoning pioneer of the
Portland underground hip-hop scene. The tough-talking, braggadocios rapper
learned to hold her own in a world were tough talk by itself was cheap.
Octavia’s musical talents would take her deeper into industry ills, and while
spending time home in Portland and then in California, she would see her life
opened to experiences she had never planned for, such as being involved in prostitution and a homosexual lifestyle
things that, in giving her life to CHRIST in 2005, she would later be delivered from.
Octavia’s always had a knack for the cutting edge, which is on even greater
display with GOD helming her decision making processes. Currently residing in Cincinnati, OH, she has become one of the most well known and well respected
Gospel Rap artists out today. She’s successfully released, independently, 2005’s
Inspired By GOD, 2006’s 4 The Children, and 2007’s Radical Sabbatical, and has
collaborated -and shared the stage with a number of well-known Christian artists
like Melinda Watts, Beckah Shae, Erica Cumbo, K-Drama, D-Maub, and more. Not
willing to rest on her laurels, Octavia also continues to grow into one of the
internet’s most heralded Christian producers of all types of Gospel music, as
the owner of www.beatsbyoctavia.com, an online beat store that draws thousands
of visits on a regular basis.While preparing release of her forthcoming solo project,
“Be Myself”, on which she not only performs, but also produced, Octavia’s motive and
passion are to share her life’s experiences, with songs that not only talk about victories,
but also abuse, being single and abstinent, along with other relevant issues
that aren’t often discussed generally within the church’s four walls. Octavia
keeps an ear to the pulse of what’s popular, but will not compromise her
relationship with the LORD. At the beginning and end of the day, Octavia’s heart for people
remains the same: “give them hope through an understanding of their gifts, talents and
abilities God put inside them.”Octavia’s current single from the forthcoming “Be Myself” album,
“Never feat. D-Maub” is currently available on iTunes and other digital media outlets. “Be
Myself”, the full length album, is due out 2014.“Anybody can make millions selling sex – that’s easy.
The challenge is to make a million without selling sex. I want to show young ladies, it’s possible
to do it with your MIND and not just your BODY. #BEMYSELF” – Octavia Harris
www.octaviaharris.com/bemyself