Kiah Cargill was born in Birmingham Alabama on the westside of the city. He grew to love music and started out in the band playing instruments in school. He never wouldve thought that he would be making music today coming from a broken home and father being a drug addict. He used all of his life experiences and put them in his lyrics. He started out as Murda1 but changed his name to Kiyahotpeppa. He came from the streets but wanted a better life for his family so he became a man at a young age,taking care of his family was his main priority and no one took him seriously. As the years passed he kept working on his craft until he got good.Now Kiyahotpeppa aka Murda1 is one of the Hottest artist out of Alabama.Kiyahotpeppa is now producing other artist,making movies,and still dropping bangers for the world to hear