User:Aespin10/sandbox/Mare (Rapper/Singer)

Biography
Mare Advertencia Lirika, better known as Mare, was born on January 14, 1987, in Oaxaca, Mexico. She is a descendant of Native Zapotecas from the Northern Sierra region. She has an older sister named Adriana, as well as a younger brother. She is the second child of three born to Sofia, her mother, and her father, a forest technician. At the age of five, Mare’s father was assassinated as a result of an agrarian land dispute in which he was mistakenly shot; he was not involved in the dispute but happened to be around the area in which the incident occurred. The loss of her father resulted in a matrilineal familial system. All the women in her family had to work in order to push the family forward. The independence shown by the women in Mare’s life has held a strong presence in her contemporary state of mind and shows through in her music. As a student, Mare was highly successful at achieving high grades, but she had many fights with fellow classmates as they mocked her because of her aesthetics and the death of her dad. This created internal conflicts within Mare and she began questioning the media’s interpretation of woman, religion, gender roles and society’s idea of a nuclear family. She found an escape through poetry as she would write and question her surroundings. During her teenage years, social movements started arising and as a result hip-hop began growing in Oaxaca. Mare became involved in the hip-hop community and eventually became part of OGG as a rapper and singer. Her artistic expressions with rap and hip-hop revolve around the struggles of what it is like to be a young woman of color today. Her music brings a new perspective to the rap scene rarely seen in indigenous communities. OGG eventually branched out and Advertencia Lirika was formed, the only group of its kind in Oaxaca. In 2012 Mare's life was filmed for a documentary entitled ‘Cuando Una Mujer Avanza,’in which she discusses her life views and music among other things. After the completion of the film she and its activist filmmaker, Simon Sedillo, toured the United States to promote the film. Mare currently focuses on her solo career and continues singing and making music.

Music
Mare first became involved with hip hop in 2003, at age 16, when she joined the group OGG. As OGG branched out, some of its members decided to form a collective project called Advertencia Lirika in 2004. Members included Luna, Itza, and Mare, who worked to spread their music in local and national events. Advertencia Lirika is the first and only group of rappers in the state of Oaxaca, even today. Mare has since gone solo and focuses on her independent career though she remains committed to working in collectives and promoting the work and music of women. In 2010 she released her first EP as a soloist ‘Que mujer!’ a collection of seven songs about everyday life that focus on the injustices of her people and her gender.

Discography

 * 3 Reinas (2007)
 * Mujer De Maiz (2008)
 * Que Mujer (2010)

Collective Work
Mare has been involved with various organizations including Mujeres Trabajadoras, a group of women that emerged in 2009 to promote awareness to culture in all its various manifestations. Mare's goal is to bring social awareness to the importance of cultural and community identity as well as female empowerment. For many of the projects she has been involved in, Mare incorporates her music as a way to transcend her message to all her followers. For example, her work with “Salir a las Calles” revolves around political and social injustices in Oaxaca, her music allows others who are not aware of the issue to become aware or/and involved. Similar messages are heard through other songs such as: “Hasta Que el Último Salga” in which she brings awareness to the injustices in the prison systems and land disputes. In 2009 she became part of the campaign "Justice for Oaxaca! punishment for the murderer of Lorenzo San Pablo Cervantes" a campaign seeking social justice for the assasination of Cervantez who was murdered by paramilitaries and White guards under the rule of Ulises Ruiz Ortiz.

Cuando Una Mujer Avanza (Film)
Cuando Una Mujer Avanza or “When a Woman Steps Forward” is the first documentary film of a series produced by Manuvuelto, a community based media production whose efforts emphasize that of immigrant and indigenous communities. The documentary focuses on “Mare” a young, indigenous, hip-hop artist from Oaxaca, Mexico. Throughout the documentary, Mare revisits her life as a native Zapotec woman and uses her unique experiences to share with others her perspective and insight on music, community, identity and gender. It is a portrait of her life, and by implication, it tells the story of many women in Oaxaca constricted by institutionalized sexism but discovering empowerment through hip-hop’s global market for social justice. Mare embrace’s the world of hip hop and through her lyrics tries to empower and open the minds of people to strive for social justice.

In 2012, after the completion of the film, she and its activist filmmaker, Simon Sedillo, toured the United States to promote the film.