article_title name background genre origin birth_name occupation
masia one
 masia one solo_singer hip hop toronto , ontario , canada maysian lim rapper , singer
masia one

maysian lim , better known as masia one , is a singaporean/canadian female rapper from toronto , ontario , canada .
she was born in singapore and moved to canada at a very young age .
she grew up in vancouver and eventually moved to toronto .
she attended the university of toronto and graduated with a degree in architecture .
in 2003 , she began her own record label known as m1 group -lrb- later renamed the merdeka group -rrb- and subsequently released her debut album , `` mississauga '' .
her most famous songs are `` split second time , '' `` halfway through the city , '' and `` return of the b-girl '' .
in 2003 , masia one became the first female rapper to be nominated for `` best rap video '' in the muchmusic video awards .
her second album , `` pulau '' was released in fall 2008 , in two volumes ; `` pulau : chapter 1 : montreal in the fall '' and `` pulau : chapter 2 : the islands '' .
it features collaborations with moe masri , isis , lady e , dj sarasa , dylan murray , zaki ibrahim , junia t , moka only , sikh knowledge , vybz machine and more .
in 2012 , she appeared on former red hot chili peppers guitarist john frusciante 's ep , `` letur-lefr '' .
maisa one has also been featured on two ill.gates songs , on his 18-track lp , `` the ill.methodology '' , also released in 2012 .
