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"  She rose to fame when she sang the hook on last summer&amp;#039;s mega-hit &amp;quot;Like A G6,&amp;quot; by Far East Movement. But now, budding superstar Dev is about to blow...and this time, she&amp;#039;s doing it all by herself! Cosmogirl sat down with the singer to get the dish on her sound, the music she loves, and what&amp;#039;s up next.  CG: How did you get into music, in the very beginning? D: I always knew I wanted to do it. I come from a really small town so it wasn&amp;#039;t anything I spoke about that much, but I always knew. It was probably when I met The Cataracs, three years ago, that I knew music was really going to be my &amp;quot;thing.&amp;quot; We started recording out in Berkley, CA, and the first song we recorded together actually got some radio play, so then we were like, &amp;quot;Wow, not only do we get along, but we can actually do something together.&amp;quot;  CG: And you got their attention with a video of you doing an Amy Winehouse cover, right? D: Yeah, I had a little a cover that I put up on my Myspace. I recorded it in garage band, on my Macbook! The Cataracs heard it and asked if I&amp;#039;d come out to Berkley. The first time I met up with them it was this automatic, natural thing. They&amp;#039;re great dudes. I feel really lucky that all my music gets to be produced by my best friends, who know me better than anybody else.  CG: Has your sound changed, since you&amp;#039;ve been working with them?  D: You can tell my voice is a little...different. Before I met them the songs that I had were definitely hip-hop tracks, and I went to The Cataracs with that sound in mind. The great thing is, they were producing hip-hop, or electronic-hop, whatever you want to call it, music, so we both kind of brought our sounds to the table. We&amp;#039;ve been doing it now for three years, so now, I&amp;#039;d say it&amp;#039;s a mix of both our sounds.  CG: Let&amp;#039;s talk a little bit about &amp;quot;Like A G6.&amp;quot; What&amp;#039;s the story there?  D: The Cataracs and Far East Movement had a studio session together. They were all in the studio together and The Cataracs made the beat and they were like, &amp;#039;You know, we think that Dev&amp;#039;s bridge for her song &amp;quot;Booty Bounce&amp;quot; would sound really cool, as a hook for this song.&amp;#039; They played around with it for a while, and then called me to ask if I was into it. The beat was amazing so I was definitely in. There was no pressure though--it was just us doing our thing, vibing out, and it ended up being a little bit of a banger!  CG: What&amp;#039;s on your iPod right now?  D: I&amp;#039;ve always really been into Eminem. I actually rap one of his verses in my live set. Nicki Minaj is amazing too. She&amp;#039;s doing a lot of great things for females in that genre. Rihanna too. I just saw Bruno Mars, and he is amazing live--an amazing vocalist.  CG: Tell us about your current single, &amp;quot;Bass Down Low.&amp;quot;  D: We&amp;#039;d been in the studio writing some really bossy, fun stuff. We&amp;#039;ve got a studio in the loft that we live in together, so it was made in there. We were just kind of kickin&amp;#039; it and it came. There&amp;#039;s one version where The Cataracs are just rapping on it, which I love as well. CG: You&amp;#039;re nominated for a Woody! What does that feel like? D: Yay! I know it&amp;#039;s amazing. I was so excited when I found out. The Woodies are important for our generation. I was just really excited, and loved seeing my fans react to the nomination on Facebook and Twitter. That was really exciting to watch. \u2014Jenna Hally Rubenstein "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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