And yeah, I would like our voices amplified in that mix.” There is no other place to be a creative in the world, like being a creative here. And, you know, whatever we're doing – world beats, Afrobeats, all of it – it all contributes to what's happening here in Austin. “When I hear Austin is the live music capital of the world, I hear some blues rock. On what support she’d like to see in Austin: And I think at that time, still, there was some stigma from the venues. And then coming in as a woman, coming in as an adult woman about 10 years older on average than everybody else that I was around, you know, there was a lot of that to overcome. You know, first of all, there are all these conceptions and ideas that people have about what a rapper is and looks like and what they have to say. She is also an entrepreneur with her own rum called HERA Tropical Rum. The Austin native has been performing professionally for 11 years as an hip-hop artist. Rapper, singer and songwriter Anastasia Hera is a full-time mom with a full-time job. KUT Anastasia Hera performs in the KUTX studio last year.