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Eva Noxious also known as E is a Mexican-American rap artist from Phoenix, Arizona. Born to immigrant parents; an Honduran mother and a Mexican father, she was raised by her grandparents following the abandonment of her mother at 3 years old and later the tragic death of her father in 2003. Her grandparents who originally migrated from Chihuahua, Mexico to Phoenix in 1992, packed up their belongings and moved to Maryvale in 2004. Unbeknown to her grandparents who did not speak or read a word of English, they had moved to one of west Phoenix’s most notorious neighborhoods.

Despite getting into constant trouble, Eva has always had a serious passion for music. It all started with her father Joaquin Ruiz who was an accordion player and a corridos singer highly influenced by the late Chalino Sanchez. While riding in her dad’s truck, he would play cassette tapes of different banda and corrido artists and give her lessons on the accordion.

Eva was introduced to old school gangster rap and chicano rap in elementary school becoming her first love in music. At 11 years old, the young chicana rapper knew every word to her favorite raps and developed a new passion for writing.

2pac will always be one of the biggest influences to me, straight up. His music changed my life as a little girl and it changed the world. NWA and Mr Shadow were the earliest ones I got into and helped mold me into the artist I am now.

In 2009, she stumbled across the local Chicano punk scene while attending Maryvale High School and fell in love with the electric bass guitar becoming a fluent player. She played in a couple of local punk bands although it was very short lived.

Years went by and in 2015, E revisited her first love, rap. She later moved in with a friend in 2016 who introduced her to current underground hip-hop and they both began writing raps together. Eva continued this and after being convinced by another friend, she posted her first track the following year to the music sharing website, SoundCloud. Publicidad was posted on December 11, 2017 stamping the hardcore rapper as one of the most highly skilled up and coming MCs.

Since then, Eva has been etching her initials into underground rap and hip-hop history. Her attitude filled, powerful and assertive vocals paired with her fast-pace rhymes and seamless transitions between Spanish and English make her completely unique to her lane. Her skillful flow and delivery is nostalgic and reminiscent of classic rhymes heard in the 80’s and 90’s.