​Delivering hard-hitting hip hop from her soul to yours, New Orleans icon Queen Kold Madina  is making headlines again, this time with her brand new WIDE OPEN featured on her sophomore LP, FEAR NO GUMBO.  The star of Trouble the Water, an influential, ground breaking documentary on Hurricane Katrina, is back and rising to the top of the music scene, serving up an infectious blend of heavy duty beats, truthfully raw rhymes mixed with that southern hip-hop swag.
Madina wrote, recorded and produced four original songs for the film, which would eventually be featured on her debut album of the same name.  The title track Trouble the Water left a lasting impression of her rapping and writing prowess, receiving an Oscar nomination for Best Original Song in a Film, while the movie itself was also nominated for Best Documentary Feature.
Rolling Stone's Peter Travers interviewed  Queen Blackkoldmadina at the  Sundance Film Festival and reported that a star is born . According to Travers, "Kimberly's star power comes from the music she writes and sings. "A glory abides in Kimberly's voice," said Travers. 
"Queen Black Kold Madina" her music, and her story have also been written about in Vibe, Essence, Ebony, Jet, Sister to Sister, Source,Giant,New York Times,L.A Times,Off Beat,Spin Time Out and Good Magazine.
She's represents her state of Louisiana and was quoted in Esquire's "Meaning of Life"   
After hitting the studio with a fresh clip of tracks and a new library of lyrics, Queen Koldmadina is prepared to unleash her latest creation, FEAR NO GUMBO album onto the unsuspecting ears of the world. Her single  WIDE OPEN will lead the charge. Produced by the Queen and JAMALL PRODUCTIONS.WIDE OPEN is the ultimate  CLUB BANGER and booty shaking JOINT. The song is the ultimate expression of a WOMAN SEXUALITY in freedom and power and love for WOMEN HOOD!  In other words the Queen is in love with HER FEMININE POWER and express that throughout the song!
The full record will hit stores in EARLY 2018  Plans are also underway for an accompanying music videos and tours, while she continues to promote her homegrown Born Hustler Records label.


Streaming audio, press, pictures and video clips are all available on the official Born Hustler Records website, and fans can connect with Madina via her Facebook, Twitter Instangram and sound cloud pages. With an incredible, memorable blend of artistic talent and street-smart hip hop intuition, this is one woman no one will forget. 
In her career thus far she has had success in music and documentary film world.
WINNING THE
Sundance GRAND JURY prize
Full Frame GRAND JURY prize winner
GOTHAM INDIE FILM award winner
AFI/Silverdocs special Jury Prize winner
2008 Council on Foundation Henry Hampton award for excellence in film and digital media winner
working films award winner
Kathleen Bryan Human rights award winner
Official selection New Directors/New films (museum of modern arts and film society of Lincoln center)
Trouble the water Named best documentary by the film critics association and alliance of women film journalists
NAACP Image award nomination
Producers Guild of America for feature Documentary (nomination)
Roger Ebert Golden Thumb award winner
Harry Chapin media award winner
Trouble the water has been named #9 in the top 20 documentaries that you should see before you die
Time magazine named Kimberly Rivers-Roberts 4th best performance of 2008
Kimberly was honored in  by the Female Hip-Hop Awards for her work as a Rap-artist, humanitarian and for her work in Trouble the water.
"Trouble the water" the song was written produced and performed by "Queen Blackkold Madina" also nominated for an Academy Award.
Ms.Roberts was voted Trail Blazer of the month by the Louisiana Data weekly and honored as Trail Blazer of the Year.
Queen Madina also co-starred in HBO's TREME as Devina's friend in mutiple episodes,including in the fall seasons new episodes.
Also starring in NBC's "My first time Oscar's and
recently in WE's "Wedding Chapel.
In addition to starring in the film, Kimberly produced, wrote, and composed four songs that were featured in the Oscar-nominated film, including her hit song "Amazing", which is undoubtedly the heart of the movie.

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​Quanisha McDuffie, aka Piie Yodha is a female rap artist from Miami, FL. Besides being a rap artist, she is also a songwriter and an author. Her latest book that she has written is called P.S. Yoda. She is very humble and spiritual. She enjoys meditation, learning, eating pancakes and of course doing music including creating beats for her songs. She has such a passion for music that started when she was 13 years old.  Her lyrics are original with a flare that’s appealing to all fans. Her music and style is fresh and from within. Her daily self-note says, ‘goals are for people with limits’. She has no limits.





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​“I’m an artist and I’m spiritual and serious about my music.” Piie Yodha