TOKiMONSTA

Tokimonsta takes her name from "Toki," the Korean word for rabbit, and the hyperbolic hip-hop term "monsta." Similarly, Tokimonsta makes beats that are beastly enough in scope to compete with heavy-hitters like Flying Lotus and Daedelus. Born in the South Bay area of Los Angeles, Jennifer Lee's attention turned from classical piano lessons to making left-field recordings with an SP-404 and Fruityloops software. In college, as her love of hip-hop continued to blossom, she signed up for the Beat Cipher, a monthly open-mike night for beatmakers run by Project Blowed. Monthly perf...