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How Silk-E Established Herself as Bay Area Rap's 'Hit Woman for Hire'

By Rachel Swan
East Bay Express | January 23, 2009
Erica Reynolds grew up singing in the church choir in Richmond, fell in love with hip-hop as a young girl, and began rapping under the stage name Silk-E. She's managed to balance the rigors of parenthood with a vocation that requires her to have an iron-hand demeanor, just to keep from getting burned.
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