Maya B - "Dollar To A Diamond" Video | @MayaBsound

Maya B shares the video for her single “Dollar To A Diamond.” Speaking to Noisey, Maya B says “I was comparing things in reverse. For me, ‘Dollar to a Diamond’ is more about self-worth and a mentality. What’s who are you to who you could be. I could be a dollar, but if I work hard enough I could be a diamond.”

“Dollar To A Diamond” was written by Maya B and produced with Soulshock [2Pac, Usher], and is a track that illuminates the bold scope of Maya B’s genre-breaking style as she serves up the aspirational and anthemic hook, “I just wanna be balling—What’s a dollar to a diamond?”

Zane Lowe's featured the song as his World Record on Apple Music's Beats 1, saying "Inevitable superstardom awaits. Smasher!" An early fan, Lowe said of Maya B’s first self-produced single,”Selenas” “this changes everything,” as well as previously anointing her the “Next to Pop.”

The 20-year-old Los Angeles-based experimental artist began writing music at the age of 7 and has excelled ever since, often bringing conflicting ideas together with originality and authenticity. Adding another dimension to her passion for sound, art and words, Maya B produced her own zine. The D.I.Y. publication on oversized newsprint spotlights her gorgeously subversive art.

About ‘Dollar To A Diamond,’ Maya B says: “This is a song I wrote when I was broke and couch-hopping just weeks before I signed with Capitol Records. ‘Dollar’ marks a moment in time for me—that moment of being hungry, but not wanting to borrow money or ask for food, because I was ashamed that I couldn’t take care of myself. I was laying on that couch using my creativity and dreams as fuel.”

“‘I just wanna be balling’ is not just some materialistic flex; it’s more of an outcry. It was me saying, ‘I just want this to be over,’ she says. “Behind our humility, there’s that voice screaming, ‘More! Bigger!’ All my life I’ve been told that voice is bad, cocky, even unrealistic. ‘Dollar To A Diamond’ is an ode to all dreams cocky and unrealistic.”

Maya B brings those dreams to life through a hardcore hustle on her upcoming EP due out this Summer.

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