Artist, Mother, Momager..Essence of Hip Hop, formally known as Emonai, wears several hats. Essence Brown was born in Canton, OH on Sept. 2 1991. She grew up in Columbus, OH. Essence had a difficult childhood growing up, but she always found peace when she wrote in her notebook. She fell in love with poetry at a young age. At age 20, she gave birth to her firstborn daughter, Serenity, better knowns as LIL Essence of Hip Hop. She went on to birth Siriah. Having to juggle being a mother and a artist, Essence would be forced to bring her young daughters with her to promote her music. One day, 3 year old Serenity started rapping alongside her mother. From that day forward, they formed .the first mother daughter duo in the game. Essence always says 'instead of giving up...I kept going. Had a couple obstacles , stopping wasn't an option tho.' In 2015, Essence and both daughters moved to Atlanta, GA to take their vision to the next level.