Born in New Orleans, Mia X didn't start to rap until she moved to Queens, N.Y. as a young woman. She spent four years performing with the old-school group New York Incorporated before moving back to her hometown. She hooked up with P through word of mouth. She was working in a small record store down south when one of her co-workers told P about her. At the time Mia never heard of P and she had plans of trying to hook up with Scarface and Rap-A-Lot. P got a copy of her demo and called her back a few days later and asked her to be on his "Down South Hustlers" compilation. P then told her about his plans to have her do her own solo album on No Limit and flew her to Richmond,CA where P was living at the time. This was 1994. When her and P recorded "Bout It Bout It" it was not even a week since her best friend Jill was killed. She said(in a magazine) that it was mostly a freestyle and the beat just took her away. Mia is going to put a song on everyone of her albums dedicated to Jill in the future..