Kaleena Zanders dreamed of being the lead singer in a rock band. That’s until a part time job at a Trader Joe’s on Hollywood and Vine in Los Angeles became the catalyst for a career in dance music.
“My friend there was like, ‘Yo, I have a friend who’s a DJ and he’s looking for a vocalist,’” Zanders recalls. “‘Do you ever do dance music?’”
She did not. Born in San Jose, Calif., Zanders had been a musical theater kid and basketball player who’d grown up playing in rock bands. A fan of Primus, Korn, Insane Clown Posse and Rage Against the Machine, as a teenager Zanders “wanted to be…
