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BORN IN THE CITY OF NEWARK, NEW JERSEY, CLARISSA A.K.A "RISSLASKI" KNEW HER DREAM WAS TO BECOME AN INSPIRING ARTIST. SHE BEGAN
RAPPING AT THE AGE OF 12. IT WAS THEN SHE MET HER RAP PARTNER SEAN "DLL"THOMAS. THEY WOULD PERFORM DURING LUNCH TIME IN THE
CAFETERIA. IN 1999, RISSLASKI AND DLL JOINED A GROUP FROM THE UNDERGROUND OF NEWARK, NEW JERSEY KNOWN AS G-STATE.IT WAS A
GROUP CONSISTING OF EIGHT MEMBERS WITH HER BEING THE ONLY FEMALE MC.SHE RELEASE HER FIRST SOLO UNDERGROUND ALBUM INTITLED
"THERE CAN ONLY BE 1" IN 2000.SELLING HER FIRST ALBUM AROUND HER NEIGHBORHOOD AND PERFORMING IN SHOWCASES, PEOPLE BEGAN TO
BECOME FIMILIAR WITH WHO SHE WAS.IN 2002, RISSLASKI RELEASED A DUO UNDERGROUND ALBUM WITH DLL INTITLED "WE AT IT AGAIN" WHICH
ALSO WAS A SUCCESS IN HER NEIGHBORHOOD.IN 2003, RISSLASKI DEPARTED G-STATE TO BECOME A SOLO ARTIST.IT WAS THEN SHE MET PRODUCER/SONGWRITER
JAMES GIBBS, AKA JAZZ THE MANIAC.RELEASING THE CLUB SUCCESS SINGLE "COME N GET IT"IN 2006, SHE BEGAN PERFORMING AT ANY AND
EVERY SHOWCASE IN NEW JERSEY.SHE ALSO PERFORMED EVERY SUNDAY AT HER GRANDMOTHER'S BAR. IN 2007, HER SINGLE MADE ITS WAY TO
THE LOCAL RADIO STATION 96.5, MAKING HER A KNOWN ARTIST IN NEW JERSEY.IN 2008, RISSLASKI IS WORKING ON AN UPCOMING MIXTAPE
AND COMING SOON.
