Mona-Lxsa is a Malawian-Irish DJ and founder of GXRLCODE.[1]
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]
