Taurus Lenoir remembers journaling as a 10-year-old. As an adult rapper, she rarely writes anything down before she hears a beat. Lenoir said the music inspires her words. "My sister encouraged freestyling off instrumentals, not even writing a song, just freestyling on that beat, going off the top of your head. So we would just do that for fun," Lenoir recalled. "She knew what she wanted to do. Me, I was just flowing with the wind. I don't think she was like 'Pursue this rap career,' but I think she was just like 'You got talent right here.'" Lenoir goes by the stage name Suruat --it's her first name spelled backwards--and she works in a form of rap music called trap. That often combines minimalist beats with graphic lyrics. She's performing her music as part of a comedy lineup Sept. 2 at the Orange Peel and over Labor Day weekend as part of the Goombay Festival in downtown Asheville.

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