Ebony ‘Monet' Calloway, born in Brooklyn, New York was never a stranger to good music. At the tender age of 5 she began singing leads in her home church, The Church of the Open Door, and hasn’t stopped singing since. Brooklyn’s 1990’s sound intrigued the young one, and although her tone was much softer than what was on the radio, it set her apart. Influenced by such artists as Tweet, Mary J Blige, Jay-Z, Lauryn Hill, SWV, 702, Destiny’s Child; the list goes on and on. Many find Ebony’s eclectic form of song as a fusion of Soul, Hip/Hop, and R&B intertwined with melodic gospel undertones. A move to Delaware in her teens seemed detrimental as far as her music career was concerned, yet slowly but surely relocating proved to have honed her talents. Ebony was originally a member of a four-part harmony group with Generation NuEra. Within that time she discovered her love as a songwriter. Brandon ‘Laconic’ Evans, founder of the label, pushed her beyond herself perfecting this lyrical ability. Because of her ambition and need to tell her own story, she decided to go solo as “Monet Calloway".  Many moves were made within this timeframe. From NexxLevel Entertainment to Royal-Child Entertainment, but nothing seemed to fit. Frustration with all that was happening around her, Monet took a hiatus from the music, though shortly thereafter she ended up in the very place that birthed her sound alongside the very people that believed in her initially; friends who are more like family at this point. Ebony and her music found it’s way back to its organic origin. Through it all, the artist was able to persevere because she never strayed too far from her relationship with Yahweh nor did she forget where she came from. Not only is she a great songwriter/singer, she’s also quite impressive as a performer, business woman, vocal arranger, music curator, and overall entrepreneur.  With numerous performances under her belt like New York’s well-known “Club Speed” to venues such as “The Lyric’s Lounge”, Warmdaddy’s, Philadelphia’s Clef Club of Jazz, and several others, opportunities where Ebony has performed alongside QuestLove and his talented sister Donn T of Philadelphia. Ebony has also gotten the opportunity to be mentored working alongside Tony ‘The Bearded Wonder’ Moore (Bass player, producer, Play-write) of Philly and most recently with Marcus Bryant (producer, singer/songwriter for SoSo Def). This even granted her outstanding opportunities to gain full backstage/main-stage access at the coveted “Roots Picnic” of 2016.  Ebony hates name dropping but recognizes the individuals who have poured into her placing her where she is today. With no placements as of yet, Ebony has had the opportunity to submit songs written for the likes of Rihanna, Jazmine Sullivan, and Tamar Braxton to name a few. Outside of just placing songs. she has since written for numerous indie artists in the NY/DE/PA/NJ area. Ebony has also began curating events acting as A&R with talent, talent management, music event planning, etc. Apparently she wears many hats being a creative.The songsmith has grown a knack for the industry in general.  Ebony ‘Monet' Calloway is a talent to be reckoned with and someone to definitely look out for. Her debut mix-tape, “Girl Talk” is available on Soundcloud alongside a few tracks from her upcoming Songwriter’s EP to be released early 2018.

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