In the latest FADER x WAV Present Frequencies mini-doc, we spend time with the Harlem-born rapper as she rises to the top.<br /><br />“In general, my music is for bad bitches,” Harlem-born rapper Melii tells us in the latest episode of FREQUENCIES, The FADER's collaborative documentary series with WAV. Documenting her rise from lost free spirit in high school to the leader of the “Icey” revolution, the 22-year-old says she's on good terms with herself now, though she confesses, “it took me a while to love myself, but now that I do… I don’t want to hold back ever.” Melii says PS197, her high school, is “where I got corrupted” and where she dealt with bullying, which made her start rapping and taught her how to cut back at people. When she was 18, she dropped out of high school because her time in the studio was affecting it, assuring her mom: “I’m gonna go hard in this. I’m gonna do what I have to do to make it.”<br /><br />https://www.thefader.com/2019/11/26/melii-wav-doc<br /><br />Download WAV to watch more content like this: http://wav.media/s/532VhCL4<br /><br />Read the FADER: http://www.thefader.com<br />Follow the FADER on Twitter: https://twitter.com/thefader<br />Like the FADER on Facebook: http://on.fb.me/11JaNSJ<br />Follow the FADER on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thefader/<br /><br />Read the WAV Blog: https://blog.wav.media/<br />Follow WAV on Twitter: https://twitter.com/wav_media<br />Like WAV on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/WAV.Media/<br />Follow WAV on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/wav/<br /><br />WAV is built for artists. Offering our users unique support, tools and opportunities, we are a community that allows artists to inspire, build, and collaborate through a shared love of music. <br /><br />CREDITS:<br />Produced by The FADER and Underhill Productions <br />Director: Matthew Seger and Dexter Brierley <br /><br />Executive Producers: Rob Stone, Jon Cohen, Andy Cohn, Anthony Holland<br />Senior Production Manager: Madison LaClair<br />Associate Producer: Claire Lilly<br /><br />Director of Photography: Matthew Seger and Dexter Brierley<br />Assistant Camera: James Lamberg <br />Sound Mixer: Jose Villaman <br />Photographer: Tom Van Scoyoc <br />Production Assistant: Barbara Barton<br /><br />Editor: Dior Rodriguez <br />Color: Josh Bohoskey at The Mill <br />Sound Mix: Jose Villaman
