My passion for entertainment began at a real young age. She was born and raised in Washington Heights in New York City; to parents of Puerto Rican and Dominican decent.
Growing up she listened to a combination of English and Spanish music. Her father was a huge influence on her, he listened to Rhythm and Blues like the Four Tops and many other R&B artists. And, of course her mom would play Salsa and Merengue on holidays and at birthday parties. As a kid she would put on dance numbers at home for the family.
Liza was always eager to participate in the schools talent shows. At the age of eleven along with some friends from the neighborhood who created an R&B girl group called the "uptown girls". With their friends and family as an audience they went around singing to the songs of Mary J. Blige and SWV.
Later she moved to Miami Beach and with all the exposure of the music and film industry she became convinced and decided to follow her dreams. She began to attend casting calls and auditioning on a regular basis. In spring of 2003 she was selected to join a Latin all girl group called ‘Una Sangre’ (One Blood). Later that summer she recorded a song called ‘Drop It’ with Kurtis Blow and another female artist. Neither project were a success but she developed skills and experience which has helped her gain understanding of the business.
missy held her own on this one, as for busta well he just follows the money cant hate dude for gettin paper but hope hes not another one that drops "YMCMB" into EVERY song get creative!!