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Tarica June’s sole mission is to represent the moonlight –that is, to be a light in the dark. Upon reluctantly attempting to categorize, she describes her style as a lyric-heavy combination of hip-hop and spoken word. She prides herself on making music that can’t be boxed-in– love letters to the b-girls who color outside the lines. She writes with purpose, going out of her way to ensure that her flow does her subdued, non-club-friendly beats justice. The result is a highly unique, poetically purposeful sound that’s worthy of notice.
Her path to music was unconventional. She first came to love and appreciate the power of the word at the age of eight when she started penning poetry and songs.  Using the creative process for cathartic purposes, and keeping her music safely tucked away in private spaces, her first introduction to the D.C. music scene came much later (around 5 years ago) as part of the Movement where she found herself being creative in another way–crocheting and knitting custom pieces for a local artists. Through these connections she linked with a number of producers and musicians, and began recording her previously unshared musings.

Tarica June’s influences are extremely diverse– she names both poets and musical artists — Joni Mitchell, Sonia Sanchez, Nas, Ntozake Shange, Blackstar, Tracy Chapman, Meshell Ndgeocello, Dead Prez, Rah Digga, OutKast — when discussing her most pronounced influences. She is currently working on her first album, and her highly anticipated mixtape: Moonlight Revolution is now available for download on her website: http://www.taricajune.net.

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