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Snow Tha Product
American rapper (born 1987)
Claudia Alexandra Madriz Meza, known professionally as Snow tha Product, is a Mexican-American rapper whose debut studio album, Unorthodox (2011) was met with positive critical reception and led her to sign with Atlantic Records the following year. Her commercial mixtape, Half Way There...
Pt. 1 (2016) entered the Top Rap Albums chart at number 15. Her other releases failed to chart, leading her to part ways with the label in November 2018.
Claudia Alexandra Madriz Meza was born on June 24, 1987, in San Jose, California, to Mexican parents. Her father is from Michoacán and her mother is from Zacatecas. She has a younger brother.
After graduating high school, Madriz briefly attended San Diego Mesa College to begin studying to become a social worker. At the age of 19, she began taking music seriously and dropped out of her first semester of college to pursue a career as a rapper. She adopted her name from Disney's character Snow White. Initially she used the name "Snow White", and then added "the Product". Then she changed it into her new moniker as "Snow White Tha Product", and ultimately "Snow Tha Product". After recording a number of songs in Spanish, she caught the attention of Mexican artist Jaime Kohen. They recorded a collaboration song, titled "Alguien", which became popular in Mexico and appeared on Kohen's album Fotosíntesis.
Snow is known for her rapid fire style of rapping. She stated she admires and supports artists who have their own original style. She is influenced by artists such as Missy Elliott, Da Brat, Big Pun, Lauryn Hill, Aaliyah, Amy Winehouse, André 3000, Ludacris, Johnny Cash, Eminem, Busta Rhymes, 2Pac, Mac Dre, Tech N9ne, and Brotha Lynch Hung, as well as Mexican actress María Félix and singers Selena Quintanilla, Gloria Trevi and Lupita D'Alessio.
Born on June 24, 1987 in San Jose, California, USA
Mexican-American Hip-hop artist
Also known as: Snow, Snow tha Product
From Discogs (free to use). Their entry
Liner notes
Snow Tha Product, the records, oldest first
Unorthodox
2011 album
Half Way There…Pt. 1
2016 ep
To Anywhere
2022 album
Alligator
2025 ep
Before I Crashout
2025 album
M.a.M.A
2025 album
Records from MusicBrainz; covers from the Cover Art Archive.
