{"id":7465,"date":"2012-09-24T09:39:08","date_gmt":"2012-09-24T16:39:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/?p=7465"},"modified":"2012-09-24T11:05:48","modified_gmt":"2012-09-24T18:05:48","slug":"nvs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/2012\/09\/nvs\/","title":{"rendered":"NVS"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-7466\" title=\"NVS-JulyAugust-2012\" src=\"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/NVS-JulyAugust-2012.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"660\" height=\"440\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/NVS-JulyAugust-2012.jpg 660w, https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/NVS-JulyAugust-2012-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 660px) 100vw, 660px\" \/><\/h1>\n<h1><strong>NVS<\/strong><\/h1>\n<p><strong>HOMETOWN:<\/strong> Toronto, Canada<br \/>\n<strong>INFLUENCES:<\/strong> Prince, Kanye West, Aaliyah<br \/>\n<strong>ALBUM:<\/strong> <em>Who Is NvS <\/em>EP, out now<br \/>\n<strong>WEBSITE:<\/strong> whoisnvs.com<\/p>\n<p>R&amp;B artist NvS (pronounced \u201cenvious\u201d) claims her love of music began before she was born. Her father was a reggae musician and sang to her when her mother was pregnant. \u201cHe would take his guitar and play his songs to me,\u201d she says. At age 18, NvS enrolled at Toronto\u2019s Cardinal Carter Academy for the Arts where she studied voice, classical piano and dance. After graduation, she sang throughout Canada, and even landed a best new artist honor at the Canadian Radio Music Awards. Those formative years shaped her views on the music industry. \u201cI\u2019ve had some challenges,\u201d she admits. \u201cWhen you\u2019re trying to be creative in this business, there\u2019s going to be compromise.\u201d NvS, who splits her time between Toronto and New York City, is currently recording her debut full-length album with hip-hop duo Midi Mafia and Grammy Award-winning musician Teddy Riley. \u201cThis is feel-good music,\u201d she says. \u201cIt\u2019ll make you laugh, cry, or get up and dance.\u201d<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NVS HOMETOWN: Toronto, Canada INFLUENCES: Prince, Kanye West, Aaliyah ALBUM: Who Is NvS EP, out now WEBSITE: whoisnvs.com R&amp;B artist NvS (pronounced \u201cenvious\u201d) claims her love of music began before she was born. Her father was a reggae musician and sang to her when her mother was pregnant. \u201cHe would take his guitar and play [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[83],"tags":[4942,4945,4538,4484,4948,4947,4939,4160,4949,4946,4944,4943,10160],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7465"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7465"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7465\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7475,"href":"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7465\/revisions\/7475"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7465"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7465"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7465"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}