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KAYLEE CROSSFIRE (KANISHA LEE) IS A MILWAUKEE RAPPER AND SINGER WHOSE POWERFUL VOICE AND STAGE PRESENCE HAS QUICKLY GAINED HER RECOGNITION IN HER HOME CITY. HER WORK ETHIC HAS RECENTLY LANDED HER OUTSIDE RECOGNITION IN THE FORM OF A SPOT ON NETFLIX’S “RHYTHM + FLOW” AND ACCOLADES FOR HER RECENTLY-RELEASED RNB-DRIVEN SINGLE, “TRUTH”. FOR KAYLEE, WHO GREW UP TESTING ARTISTIC BOUNDARIES AND HONING HER SKILLS, HARD WORK IS NOT UNFAMILIAR AND IN ADDITION TO WORKING ON HER OWN PROJECTS, HAS ALSO CHOSEN TO USE HER OWN SUCCESS TO LIFT OTHER LOCAL ARTISTS UP WITH HER LOCALLY-BASED SHOWCASE SERIES, FEMALE TAKEOVER. CROSSFIRE’S LATEST PROJECT, “BEST OF BOTH WORLDS” IS A HIP-HOP/R&B DUO FEATURING KIA RAP PRINCESS THAT HAS TRAVELED ACROSS THE COUNTRY INDEPENDENTLY, CAPTURING THE ATTENTION OF HIP-HOP LOVERS EVERYWHERE. THEY’VE PERFORMED FOR SOLD-OUT CROWDS, OPENING UP FOR MAINSTREAM ARTISTS SUCH AS SNOW THA PRODUCT, TINK, POLO G, FUTURE AND MORE AND HAVE BEEN FEATURED IN HIP-HOP WEEKLY AND THE JOURNAL SENTINEL AND WON MU