Lightning is also an
electro house DJ. Inspired by a mix performed by
DJ Lady Tribe at a local Los Angeles nightspot, Lightning sought a musical apprenticeship with Christi Mills, later partnering with her mentor to form a performance crew called Ladies of the House. They perform regularly at Los Angeles venues, as well as throughout the United States.
LightningCloud Moving from the DJ booth to the center-stage mic, Lightning paired up with
MC RedCloud to form the hip-hop group LightningCloud. The pair released their self-titled debut,
LightningCloud, in 2012 with RedCloud's long-term musical collaborator, DJ Hydroe. Sam Slovik of
L.A. Weekly called the group, "a near-earth object inventing new realms of the Electro-House-Hip-Hop revolution on the planet. Urban futurist[s], MC RedCloud and Crystle Lightning are L.A.'s subterranean Bonnie and Clyde." The Aboriginal Peoples Choice Music Awards (APCMA) honored the group with recognition for Best Hip Hop Album in November 2012. In 2013, LightningCloud won the "Who's Next: Battle for the Best" contest on
Power 106. As winners, LightningCloud received a cash prize, a performance with
Kendrick Lamar, and the honor of representing west coast hip hop against
Hot 97's Brooklyn-based east coast representative, Radamiz, in a freestyle battle in
Austin, Texas, on March 15, 2013. After winning that MC battle, LightningCloud received the opportunity to work with
Timbaland in the recording studio. ==Filmography==