Mona-Lxsa

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Mona-Lxsa
OriginIreland
Years active2018 (2018)–present
Website Mona-Lxsa on Facebook

Mona-Lxsa (pronounced Mona Lisa) is a Malawian-Irish DJ and founder of GXRLCODE, by which name she is also known. [1]

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Career

Mona-Lxsa has performed at Electric Picnic in 2018 and 2019, [2] Longitude and Body & Soul. In 2019, she ran a series of nights in Dublin called Dejavu. [3] In March 2020, she was featured as part of Hot Press's Lockdown Sessions. [4] She regularly performs with Soulé. [5]

Mona-Lxsa founded GXRLCODE, a female creative collective and platform in 2018, [6] [7] which she runs with Grace Enemaku. [8] She was one of 6 representative from Ireland that took part in PRS Foundation's Keychange Development Programme in 2020. [4] In 2020, she was one of the people selected to take over social media accounts as part of the #ShareTheMicNow campaign to increase the reach of women of colour, taking over the account of stylist Courtney Smith. [9]

Personal life

Mona-Lxsa was born in Malawi, [7] and moved to Ireland at age 17. [4] She studied Business Management at university. [10]

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