No-nonsense rapper Jessy Moss didn't find inspiration from the mean streets of the East or West Coast, but from dealing with hardships while growing up in Australia. Born in England, Moss moved to Byron Bay, Australia, as an infant with her parents and her three older sisters. Her father's experience of having to raise four daughters with no car, no cash, and juggling two jobs in a foreign land eventually spawned "Chapters," a track from her debut album, Street Knuckles.
That's just one example of Moss' autobiographical approach to hip-hop. Although neither of her parents we...