Chicago Native, ATL Transplant Morgan Mimosa Talks Music, Lessons

ATLANTA, GA — Versatility is what you get when sampling any of Morgan Mimosa’s musical tracks. She’s an artist who can spit catchy rhythmic lines that’ll leave you speechless and then she’ll switch it up as she taps into her R&B side to serenade you with sultry lyrics. She’s not one to be placed in a box, she says, so don’t “sleep” on her. Mimosa just released her newest single, “Freak Dat Boy,” and is currently working on her album, “Morgan Station,” which is set to drop this spring.

She was named “Female Rapper of the Year” at the Chicago Music Awards in 2011 and even opened for Jazmine Sullivan and a cypher on Sway In The Morning.

In addition to the rap and R&B side, Mimosa also does pop and dance music.

Yes, she’s a performer, one who thoroughly commands the stage and captivates the audience, but there’s more. Mimosa not only produces and writes her music, but she also has a clothing line, Odd Goddess Clothing. The young artist brings swag with a mix of sexiness in both her music and look.

The native Chicagoan said she moved to Atlanta in June of 2019 to continue growing her music career. She said the right doors weren’t opening fast enough back home and Atlanta has always welcomed her with big arms.

Since the move Mimosa has performed across the city and her music has been played in major Atlanta nightclubs.

She wants people to know that she’s bringing more to the table than the predictable sound from many of today’s artists.

“I’m not a microwave artist,” Mimosa said. “I’ve been doing it too long. I’ve put blood, sweat and tears in this. I didn’t just wake up. It’s in me.”

There are two sides to her music persona. Mz. Ross Da Boss is her rap side, while Morgan Mimosa is the artist. With a love and passion for music of all genres, Mimosa stays true to that by not labeling herself as just a rapper. Currently, her dance tracks have caught on internationally.

“It has really taken off and they’re getting a lot of streams internationally,” Mimosa said. “The way it’s looking, it might be dance music, the EDM that’ll get me in the door of the industry.”

Her musical pursuit really began as a little girl at the age of nine when she wrote her first rap. Her aunt and uncle are both lyricists and her dad a DJ. And like most musical artists, she started singing in the church. By 12 Mimosa had two managers and deals on the table, then a personal family incident halted all of the momentum.

Life went on, but the love for performing never died. Mimosa continued to dream and strategize ways to make it big.

“In elementary school I started writing, it just kind of came to me,” she said. “As far as producing goes, I used to sit and watch my uncles. I just started making my own beats. They encouraged me to keep practicing and I got better over time.”

Some of her biggest influences are Missy Elliot, Kanye, Biggie, the Spice Girls and more, but it's life experiences that she and those close to her go through that she says she pulls from for lyrical inspiration.

Mimosa later studied at Columbia College Chicago majoring in arts and entertainment media with a concentration in music business. While there she learned the engineering and radio side of the business. What prompted Mimosa to make music her full time career was a combination of life events, but losing her job at the post office finally pushed her to take the leap, she said.

“Chicago is like crabs in the barrel,” Mimosa said. “I saw that things weren’t progressing, so I said, ‘Let me go to Atlanta where they embrace me.’”

Mimosa said she refuses to go wrong where a lot of artists do.

“I learn from other people’s mistakes, as well as my own,” she said. “A lot of artists don’t have their business in order. They sign bogus deals or get to the fame and blow through all of their money.”

She’s making sure she’s successful by being hands on with every aspect of her career, especially the business side.

As a female entertainer, she says the path has been paved by those before her, but challenges still exist.

“Now there are so many of us that they want to compare you or see who you look or sound like,” Mimosa said. “I got my own unique style. I’m not trying to be like Megan, the City Girls or Cardi, I’m just trying to be me.”

A part of that means navigating an industry that capitalizes off of sex appeal, she says. She doesn’t feel the pressure to be hypersexualized at all times, saying that it can be a distraction to her music.

“I’m grown so I’m going to show them my woman side, but be a woman about it,” Mimosa said. “There’s a difference, but at the same time I’m a tomboy too so I got a little swag. I like giving them the best of both worlds.”

Mimosa says she will continue serving up her unique style through the speakers and in person, but the ultimate goal beyond fame is impact. She wants to start an organization that helps the homeless clean up and find jobs. She also wants to form her own label that’ll be for her family, other women and the LGBTQ community.

“I just want to be legendary, iconic,” she said. “I have music for everybody and I plan to change the narrative of what a female artist should be.”

Her music is streaming on Apple, Spotify and more, and you can follow her on Instagram, Facebook and Twitter.