Mother Wata, born as Jasmin Jerrai Barnett, is an American rapper, songwriter, and singer. While being raised all over Los Angeles County, Wata was surrounded by musicians and successful artist within the music industry, in which birth a deep desire towards her crusade to stardom. Wata’s multitalented father Deon Barnett of the Compton duo 2nd II none holds a great responsibility for Wata’s introduction into the music industry. With a mixture of her father’s love of Hip Hop, Wata’s mother Latisha Chappell, a former performer of the “Young Saints”, introduced Wata to the sound of Rnb, Jazz, and Blues music. Wata’s musical influences are Alternative Rnb, Afropunk, and Rap. Wata is on a journey to push a Genre-less sound into mainstream music to help elevate the sound of future generations.