How An 11-Year-Old Drummed Her Way to International Stardom Warning: Do not pit your productivity and public standing against that of 11-year-old YOYOKA, because unless you happen to be Bill Gates, Elon Musk, and Richard Branson all rolled into one butt-kicking humanoid, you’re going to get yourself slaughtered. Here we go… YOYOKA started playing drums at two years old, performed her first live gig at four, and joined her family’s band, Kaneaiyoyoka, at five. She released her first CD while still in kindergarten. At eight years old, YOYOKA was the youngest weekly champ in the under-18 category of the international Hit Like A Girl drumming contest. When she filmed a cover of Led Zeppelin’s “Good Times Bad Times,” it not only blew up with more than two-million YouTube views, but it was also picked up and promoted on NBC, NPR, Billboard, Rolling Stone, and other media. Soon, YOYOKA started making […]

June 2021 Issue