# Mereba

Marian Azeb Mereba, known mononymously as Mereba, is an American singer, rapper, songwriter, and record producer.

## Early life and education

Mereba was born in Montgomery, Alabama, and raised in Pennsylvania. Her father is from Ethiopia. Her mother is African American and was born and raised in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Her family moved frequently because of her parents' jobs as university professors.
Mereba first developed an interest in music at age four. She began writing songs in elementary school and learned to play the piano and guitar. She went to high school in Greensboro, North Carolina.
Mereba attended Carnegie Mellon University before transferring Spelman College. She graduated from Spelman in 2011 with an English degree and a music minor.

## Career
### 2013–2017: Room For Living, Radio Flyer, and Spillage Village

After several years performing in the indie music scene in Atlanta, Mereba self-released her debut project Room For Living EP, under her full name, on February 14, 2013.

### 2018–2019, 2021: The Jungle is the Only Way Out & "Glock Peaceful"

In 2018, Mereba signed to Interscope Records, releasing the singles "Black Truck" and "Planet U", which went on to appear on her debut album, The Jungle Is The Only Way Out, released February 27, 2019. The album, often acronymed as TJITOWO, was written and produced by Mereba with co-production by Samuel Hoffman, excluding the 9th Wonder-produced track, "Black Truck".
On December 13, 2021, Mereba released "Glock Peaceful", which envisions a country free of gun violence and police brutality. The song was featured on season 5 of the show Insecure produced by Issa Rae on HBO Max.

### 2024-present: The Breeze Grew a Fire

In October 2024, it was announced Mereba signed a deal with Secretly Canadian, releasing the single "Counterfeit", which served as the lead single to her upcoming second album The Breeze Grew a Fire. The album is scheduled to be released on February 14, 2025.

## Influences

Mereba has cited Stevie Wonder as a mentor and musical influence. In 2017, she performed alongside Wonder in Malibu.

## Discography
### Studio albums

List of studio albums, with selected details :
| Title | Album details |
| The Jungle is the Only Way Out | Released: February 27, 2019 Label: Interscope Format: CD, LP, digital download, streaming |
| Spilligion (as part of Spillage Village) | Released: September 25, 2020 Label: Dreamville, Interscope, Sincethe80's Format: CD, LP, Digital download, streaming |
| The Breeze Grew a Fire | Released: February 14, 2025 Label: Secretly Canadian Format: LP, digital download, streaming |

### Extended plays

List of extended plays, with selected details :
| Title | Mixtape details |
| Room For Living | Released: February 14, 2013 Label: Self-released Format: Digital download, streaming |
| Radio Flyer | Unreleased; originally slated for July 2014 Label: Red Kotton Format: Digital download, streaming |
| Kotton House, Vol. 1 | Released: February 10, 2017 Label: Jam Solutions, Remote Control Music Format: Digital download, streaming |
| Azeb | Released: May 26, 2021 Label: Interscope Format: Digital download, streaming |

### Singles

List of singles, with showing year released and album name :
| Title | Year | Album(s) |
| "September" | 2014 | Non-album singles |
| "Radio Flyer" | 2014 | Non-album singles |
| "Bet" | 2016 | Non-album singles |
| "Black Truck" | 2018 | Non-album singles |
| "Planet U" | 2018 | Non-album singles |
| "Late Bloomer" | 2018 | Non-album singles |
| "Sandstorm" | 2019 | Non-album singles |

### Guest appearances

List of non-single guest appearances, with other performing artists, showing year released and album name :
| Title | Year | Other performer(s) | Album |
| "UFOs" | 2013 | EarthGang | Shallow Graves For Toys |
| "Ultra Rare" | 2013 | EarthGang | Shallow Graves For Toys |
| "Grand Theft Auto" | 2013 | JID | Para Tu |
| "Church" | 2014 | Miloh Smith | Pulp Fiction |
| "Good Night" | 2014 | Cyhi the Prynce | Black Hystori Project |
| "Lucky Buddha" | 2014 | JID, Money Makin' Nique | Lucky Buddha |
| "Calypso" | 2014 | Khary | Swim Team |
| "Fryin'" | 2015 | Spillage Village | Bears Like This Too |
| "Love Child" | 2015 | Spillage Village | Bears Like This Too |
| "Liquor Sto'" | 2015 | EarthGang | Strays With Rabies |
| "Lady Nectarine" | 2015 | EarthGang | Strays With Rabies |
| "Letters" | 2015 | JID | Non-album single |
| "Off The Lot" | 2018 | EarthGang | Royalty |
| "PTSD" | 2019 | Dreamville | Revenge of the Dreamers III |
| "Myrlie" | 2019 | Rapsody | Eve |
| "Yo Love" | 2019 | Vince Staples, 6lack | Queen & Slim: The Soundtrack |
| "Self" | 2020 | Brandon Banks | Static |
| "Same Boat" | 2020 | Kojey Radical | Non-album single |
| "Like I Feel" | 2020 | Xavier Omar | If You Feel |
| "Westside" | 2020 | Reason | New Beginnings |
| "End of Daze" | 2020 | Spillage Village | Spilligion |
| "Hapi" | 2020 | Spillage Village | Spilligion |
| "Pslamsing" | 2020 | Spillage Village | Spilligion |
| "Golden Pt. 2" | 2020 | Berhana | Non-album single |