Rocky Rivera (born Krishtine de Leon; December 1, 1982) is a Filipino-American rapper and journalist from San Francisco, CA.
"[2] The subject matter in her music often touches on issues of sexism, racism, women empowerment, gentrification, systematic oppression, motherhood, capitalism, religion and politics.
[11] Despite the glamorous, celebrity-filled perception of the pop-culture music magazine, she described the experience as a summer intern at Rolling Stone on the show like "any other office [job] with cubicles.
"[12] She ended up winning the year-long contributing editor position at Rolling Stone, but eventually went on to pursue music full-time as Rocky Rivera after the contract was over.
[13] A big reason for her transition from journalism and into making music, “trading her Moleskines for microphones” as she puts it, was the racism and sexism she faced while on national television.
By 2006, the collective would slowly disband as the members naturally grew apart with life responsibilities of school, careers, political organizing and raising families.
During her time at Oakland Kids First from 2012 to 2017, her role as an afterschool program leader involved organizing students at underserved high schools to fight against punitive discipline and for restorative justice.