SINGER/RAPPER ANJULI STARS, BORN ANJULI NICOLE GONZALEZ, WAS BORN & RAISED IN THE CITY OF MIAMI. A BERKLEE COLLEGE OF MUSIC GRADUATE & A 3-TIME WINNER OF SHOWTIME AT THE APOLLO IN HARLEM, NY, ANJULI HAS BEEN WRITING & RECORDING MUSIC SINCE THE AGE OF 14.

MANY PEOPLE FIRST BECAME FAMILIAR WITH ANJULI IN 2006, WHEN AN ACOUSTIC BALLAD SHE WROTE & PRODUCED CALLED “RAINDROPS” GOT INTO THE HANDS OF MR WORLDWIDE, RAPPER PITBULL & PLACED ON HIS SOPHOMORE RELEASE “EL MARIEL.”

THIS LEVEL OF EXPOSURE IS NOT SUDDEN NOR BY COINCIDENCE. ANJULI WAS FIRST INTRODUCED TO MUSIC BY HER FATHER PEDRO, A LATIN PERCUSSIONIST/SINGER FROM HAVANA, CUBA. AT THE AGE OF 4, ANJULI BEGAN SHARPENING HER SKILLS AS A MUSICIAN & PERFORMER. ANJULI LEARNED TO PLAY PIANO & GUITAR AT PERFORMING ARTS SCHOOL. SHE CONSTANTLY INVOLVED HERSELF WITH THE SCHOOL CHOIR, TALENT SHOWS AND LOCAL PERFORMANCE OPPORTUNITIES IN MIAMI. SHE FIRST BROKE INTO THE BUSINESS BY SINGING BACKGROUNDS FOR ARTISTS SUCH AS MARC ANTHONY, PAULINA RUBIO & LAURA PAUSINI.

IT WAS AFTER THESE KEY EXPERIENCES THAT ANJULI REALIZED SHE ALSO HAD A DEEP PASSION FOR WRITING. AT AGE 13, SHE STARTED COMPOSING UP TO 5 SONGS DAILY AND BEGAN TO UNEARTH HER GIFT AS A SONGWRITER. SINCE THEN, ANJULI HAS COMPOSED WELL OVER 1000 SONGS. IN 2003, ANJULI WAS ACCEPTED TO THE WORLD RENOWNED BERKLEE COLLEGE OF MUSIC ON SCHOLARSHIP.

IN 2005, ANJULI OPENED UP FOR LIL WAYNE, YOUNG JEEZY & LIL KIM DURING THE MTV VIDEO MUSIC AWARD FESTIVITIES. IN 2006, SHE TRAVELED TO ST. PETERSBURG, RUSSIA TO PERFORM AT THE WORLD FAMOUS JAZZ Q FESTIVAL. IN EARLY 2008, SHE TRAVALED TO GUANTANAMO BAY, CUBA TO HEADLINE A TRIBUTE CONCERT DEDICATED TO THE FALLEN SOLDIERS IN IRAQ. IN 2008, ANJULI GRADUATED FROM BERKLEE AND DECIDED TO TAKE THE STEPS TO PURSUE HER DREAM AS A RECORDING ARTIST. IN 2010, SHE RELEASED HER DEBUT MIXTAPE STARVATION VOL. 1, WHICH SHOWCASED ANJULI’S SKILLS OVER HIP HOP, ACOUSTIC & REGGAE INFLUENCED PRODUCTION.

AS A RESULT OF THIS RELEASE, ANJULI WAS OFFERED 4 DIFFERENT INDEPENDENT RECORD DEALS, ALL OF WHICH SHE DECLINED. SHE DECIDED TO LAUNCH HER OWN LABEL, SOUTH DADE RECORDSIN 2011 & MAINTAIN COMPLETE CREATIVE CONTROL OVER HER ART.

IN THE PAST YEAR, ANJULI HAS HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO WORK WITH NOREAGA, THE GAME, BUSTA RHYMES, STATIK SELEKTAH, TERMANOLOGY, LORD JAMAR OF BRAND NUBIAN, SLICK RICK, MAYDAY & M1 OF DEAD PREZ. SHE ALSO PERFORMED FOR RUSSELL SIMMONSAT AN EXCLUSIVE CHARITY EVENT IN AWARENESS OF BREAST CANCER RESEARCH.