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Gaetscha Sibylle Marcelin (born November 23, 1990), better known by her stage name Gaea LaBelle, is an American rapper, singer, producer, and songwriter from Deerfield Beach, Florida. Releasing her first independent mixtape The Bold and the Beautiful on July 4th, LaBelle is continuing to make a name for herself in Florida and soon to expand.

Early Life and Early Career
Gaetscha Marcelin was born in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. Being the last born of three children, Marcelin was the only American born child of her family of Haitian decent. At the age of five, her family moved from Coral Springs to Deerfield Beach, Florida, where she spent the rest of her adolescent years. Growing up, her father commonly played the guitar throughout the house, influencing her music fascination. Marcelin started listening to rhythm and blues, hip hop, rock, country, and gospel due to her family's eclectic interests. Most of her family's music were obtained for free or bootlegged because of financial restraints.

In middle school, Marcelin began writing poetry, incorporating the art in every project assigned. Along with writing recreationally, she started a year long hustle of making bootleg CDs for classmates. "Because I didn't really have cable television or enough money to buy my own albums, it was a way for me to find out new music and make money at the same time." Marcelin gathered lists of songs from her peers during the school day and downloaded them at home while working on homework. Using the CD player walkman she bought with the profits, Marcelin listened to the burnt CDs on the bus to school, and listen to the radio on her way home after school. She gave up the short career when the restraints for downloading music became tougher and thus illegal.

At the age of 14, Marcelin attended Deerfield Beach High School. Although she was admitted into the International Baccalaureate program, she quit the program after her freshman year to fulfill her involvement in the high school band. Her interest in music developed after being in the band for all four years of high school, starting as a flag girl and a dancer, and then becoming a clarinet player and drum major. She took mostly honors and advance placement (AP) classes. After getting a notable regard in writing my her most influential AP English IV teacher, Marcelin gave writing a bigger role in her life.

At age eighteen, Marcelin moved to Tallahassee to pursue a degree at Florida State University. During those years, she began to learn how to incorporate her writing into music. Using instrumentals her ex boyfriend downloaded and left on her computer, she began to work on creating poetry to music and eventually turn them into rap music. Her first recording was a cover to A$AP Rocky's "Keep It G" instrumental. She sent the recording to her brother and, after being impressed by her talent, revived his role in the music industry as her self-proclaimed manager. Together they created the name Gaea LaBelle, meaning Mother Earth (after the Greek goddess) The Beautiful (translated in French after her Haitian culture). On July 4th, 2013, Gaea LaBelle released her first mixtape titled The Bold and the Beautiful. While creating this project, LaBelle linked with different artists and producers, learning the ins and outs of the industry through her experiences. After changing her major several times, she graduated Florida State with a Bachelor of Arts in Creative Writing.