[6] In her teens, she moved to Pittsburgh and in 2000 began rapping and singing on stage, but financial needs led her to the workforce.

After experiencing her mother going through cancer and the sudden passing of her father, Maize again turned to music as a way to cope.

The 11-song album received positive reviews with over two million listens and over one hundred thousand downloads.

[14] Maize then began work on her fourth studio album and released the single "Google Female Rapper", a freestyle over Twista’s popular song, "Overnight Celebrity".

[15] During an interview in 2012 with XXL, Maize said she would like to change hip hop by "rapping and singing about things that aren’t found in mainstream hip-hop like yoga, environmentalism, oneness, spirituality, beings from other dimensions, and indigenous wisdom.

[19] She launched her acting career in June 2017, appearing as the character Popp in the Adult Swim show Decker.

[20][3] Maize and McNichol unsuccessfully pitched a television special, which they hoped could tell their story of reconnecting.

She studies world and environmental issues, the power of intention, meditation, quantum physics, astrology, Tarot and indigenous wisdom.

Maize also appeared in TZM founder Peter Joseph's short documentary Culture in Decline 6: Take of Two Worlds.

[23] In polls taken by the Pittsburgh City Paper, Maize was voted in the "Top 3 Best Hip Hop Performers" three years in a row (2008–2010).

[25] Maize's single, "City of Champions", which was on her album, Aligned Archetype, competed against Wiz Khalifa's "Black and Yellow" as the Pittsburgh Steelers’ favorite "Road to the Super Bowl" song.