Maya Jupiter
Birth Name: Melissha Martinez Jupiter
Place of Birth: La Paz, Baja California Sur, Mexico
Date of Birth: 21 December, 1978
Ethnicity:
*Mexican (father)
*Turkish (mother)
Maya Jupiter is a Mexican and Australian rapper, songwriter, MC, and radio personality.
She was born in Mexico, to a Mexican father and a Turkish mother. Her maternal grandparents changed their surname to Jupiter. Her maternal great-uncle was a composer and her maternal great-aunt was said to have been a “pop star.” Maya moved to Melbourne, Australia, when she was one year old, and then Sydney when she was four, living in Busy and Ashfield. Maya is Baha’i, as is her mother’s family.
Maya is married to American singer Aloe Blacc, with whom she has two children.
In an interview with Tony Mitchell, Maya stated:
I was one year old when I came to Australia, so I’m pretty much an Aussie. They call me cangurita in Mexico. I’ve been back a couple of times, but not to the place where I was born. My mum is Turkish. My father was working in the city of La Paz when I was born, which is in Baja California, but he wasn’t from there. All my family is from Soleuo, which is a city in Beunavato, just north of Mexico City.
Sources: http://www.discogs.com
https://womenwhorockscripps.wordpress.com
Birth name: Melissha Martinez Jupiter.
Maya’s maternal grandparents changed their surname to Jupiter.
https://womenwhorockscripps.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/interview-with-maya-jupiter-at-scripps-college-on-february-27-pdf.pdf
Maya’s maternal great-uncle was a famous composer and her maternal great-aunt was a popstar. Maybe this will make it possible to find her maternal grandparents’ names.
Maya’s family (at least her maternal side) and Maya herself are Baha’i.
Tag Turkish-Mexican
Arab.