Influenced by hip hop, rock, jazz, and neo-soul, Mae C is making her mark as an independent artist in the Kansas City music scene. A self-acclaimed black girl nerd, “As a kid, I was always picking things apart and figuring out how to put them back together,” she said. “As an artist, I do the same thing. 
 Mae C is inspired by various greats from Whitney Houston and Prince to Treacherous 3 and NWA, to Erykah Badu, Kendrick Lamar and Beyonce but says Michael Jackson & is who inspired her from when she was a young girl. “I would watch clips of him practicing or recording in the studio, and you could see him creating a full experience of art and music. 
 With Kansas City becoming a place of movement for arts and entertainment, Mae C says now is the time to reinvent the wheel, break barriers, build bridges, but most of all support each other. “Supporting each other is the secret to rising to the top and putting the town on the map”, says Mae C. She aspires to inspire other artists to capitalize in their craft by not putting themselves in a box. “As a woman of God I just continue to be strong and confident in who I am created to be, otherwise I am compromised and I will lose sight of my purpose. 
 “My voice is neo-soul with spark of jazz and pinch of blues, but my writing style is so hip hop,” she said. “I’m a multi colored singer/songwriter and recording artist. I am music. I am soul. I am L O V E, I am Mae C.”