[9] According to WondaGurl, she started making beats seriously when she discovered the digital audio workstation Fruity Loops around age 11 or 12.
[8] Her musical tastes also developed in relation to her family, with her mother turning her on to Biggie Smalls and P. Diddy and her brother introducing her to Dipset and hip hop more generally.
"[9] At age 15, WondaGurl entered the 2011 and 2012 Battle of The Beat Makers competition in Toronto, Ontario, where Canadian record producer Boi-1da was present as one of the guest judges at both years.
She won first place in the latter year, earning herself a trophy and a Roland SH-01 Gaia synthesizer.
She also garnered one of her first high-profile music placements that same year, with rapper Jay-Z on his twelfth studio album Magna Carta Holy Grail, working on the track "Crown" with Travis and record producer Mike Dean.