Paria B
Fri, Mar 20, 2009 (8:19 a.m.)
Paria B was born Paria Bakhtiar in Missouri and moved to Vegas when she was 18. She started writing in a journal at age 11, then began penning songs a couple years later. Her influences are diverse, from Nas, Tupac and Lauryn Hill to historical Persian poets Omar Khayyam and Rumi.