Iman Saadiqa Abdul-Majid (a.k.a. Tori Baker) was born and raised in Detroit, MI. She became a fan of hip-hop early on listening to her aunts RunDMC, Beastie Boys and Ice-T vinyl. As she got older she got deeper into womens hip-hop, but as gangsta rap took hold and “good” hip-hop became lost in the undertow of commercial rap, she moved away from hip-hop preferring old school, soul, R&B and alternative rock – often returning to some hip-hop like WuTang, Ill Al Scratch and Boogie Monsters.
When she went to college, she re-discovered hip-hop through a campus crew called the BMC (Black Milk Conglomerate), then later found out about Binary Star, Subterraneous Crew, Athletic Mic League, and Funktelligence – local Michigan crews. Slowly but surely she re-immersed herself in hip-hop, on a never ending quest to find GOOD hip-hop.