Dessa is an emcee in the Minneapolis Doomtree Crew. They are ten of the rowdiest best friends ever to decide to start a rap label. Check them out at www.doomtree.net — dot net 'cause somebody already had the dot com. Dessa is also a writer--which is necessarily less rowdy, but can involve just as many rum and cokes. She writes funny/sad true stories, sends them to magazines, and often as not she receives funny/sad rejection slips. But she's on the come up. In September she was awarded a Jerome Grant for her literary stylings. She waits patient, for her drink tickets to arrive in the mail.