At age 15, she was sent to Jamaica for a year to reconnect with her roots. There, she spent time singing at a Pentecostal Church, which let her to think she could start a musical career. Once back in Canada, she would performed with local hip hop artists, and later began writing her own songs. She finally got her break in 2005, when she won a a local radio talent contest, which gave her the opportunity to be notice by a prominent Urban and R&B music manager Chris Smith (Nelly Furtado, Tamia).