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Kina started playing shows at the age of 4 in front of her stuffed animals. Now she plays in front of people, though it wasn't the quickest transition for the admittedly shy songstress. While attending college at USC, Kina often retreated to the secluded stairwells around campus where she could write and sing without being heard. Protected by their quiet confines, she found a safe haven and a creative outlet for her music. Armed with a guitar and a cup of tea, Kina wrote in every stairwell she came across. And it was within these stairwells that she developed her confidence as a songwriter and her poise as a performer.

In 2007, Kina joined YouTube, made a music video and entered herself into a contest. A few months later, her video "Message From Your Heart" aired during the Superbowl and its 97 million viewers and she walked away with a record deal. Since then, Kina has regularly posted her songs on YouTube, amassing many millions of views, and toured throughout the world. Her songs have been heard on television shows such as General Hospital, Pretty Little Liars, Gossip Girl, and MTV's College Life.

After obtaining a record deal, Kina planned to work with Interscope Records to produce a new album, but in January 2009 she announced she left the label to be an independent artist. Since then she has self-released three EP's, and in February of 2010, Kina independently released her debut full-length album, Stairwells, which debuted on Billboard's top 200 and #5 on iTunes' Pop Chart.

Kina's "Valentine" music video, directed by Ross Ching, has over 11 million views and is being played in a range of Cafe's and on rotation on MTV. Also the song has been aired on radio stations in the UK & Europe.

Her music is both sweet and melancholy, but always filled with hope. She'd want you to know that she saves drowning honeybees from pools whenever she gets the chance.

Kina started Run Team Kina not only to encourage and support healthier lifestyles, but to raise money for the Leukemia And Lyphoma Society (which nominated Kina for woman of the year).

-Danny Cooper

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