Mojo Juju

In January 2012, Ruiz de Luzuriaga released her eponymous (performing as Mojo Juju at the time) debut solo album on ABC Music. It featured the singles "Horse Named Regret" and "Must Be Desire",[16] and was in a blues style, featuring a lot of guitar.[4]

In April 2015, she released her second solo studio album Seeing Red/Feeling Blue, an album with more pop elements than the first, but touching on a range of genres. She used the piano to write it, and, wanting to develop a new sound, collaborated with her friend Ptero Stylus, who had been working with hip hop duo Diafrix, as well as musicians from soul acts the Putbacks and the Cactus Channel. It features the singles "A Heart Is Not a Yo-Yo" and "They Come and They Go".[4]

On 30 May 2015 Juju performed at Vivid Live with the Melbourne Ska Orchestra at the Sydney Opera House.[4]

In August 2018, Mo'ju's third studio album Native Tongue was released, after four years in the making.[17] The album explored her family history, identity and race politics. [18][17]

She has spoken of the highly personal nature of the album and the single, saying they were about “allowing yourself to own all those different parts of who you are”. Responding to criticism by right-wing commentator Andrew Bolt, who described the title track of the album as a complaint, Mo'ju said that it was in fact an “expression of some complex emotions, such as grief for a loss of culture and Indigenous languages and other impacts of assimilation, colonisation and the white-washing of non-western cultures. This is not a song of self-pity, [but rather]...a song of self-empowerment”.[19]

The Pasefika Vitoria Choir feature on the title track, which is produced by Malaysian-Australian hip hop artist Joelistics;[17] other artists on the album include Lay the Mystic, Mirrah, and Joshua Tavares.[20] Mo'ju's brother, Steve "T-Bone" Ruiz de Luzuriaga, and Melbourne-based producer and musician Yeo, were the backing musicians on the track.[17]

Mo'ju has said that performing this new material has "reignited her passion and purpose for music", but has also spoken out about the way women of colour and other diverse artists have been subject to tokenism in the industry. [21]

2019

Chicago Tribune listed Mo'ju (then Mojo Juju) as one of the top 12 acts to showcase at SXSW in 2019.[22]

In May of 2019 Mo'ju appeared as a featured artist on the single "Black Child" by Birdz[23]

In June 2019 Mo'ju joined A.B. Original as a guest vocalist for their live performance on the SummerStage in Central Park in New York.[24]

The annual AIR Awards celebrate the success of Australian independent musicians.[29][30]

The ARIA Music Awards is an annual award ceremony event celebrating the Australian music industry. Mojo Juju has been nominated for three awards.

The J Awards are an annual series of Australian music awards that were established by the Australian Broadcasting Corporation's youth-focused radio station Triple J. They commenced in 2005.

The Music Victoria Awards (previously known as The Age EG Awards and The Age Music Victoria Awards) are an annual awards night celebrating Victorian music.

The National Dreamtime Awards are an annual celebration of Australian Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander achievement in sport, arts, academia and community. Mojo Juju won the Female Music Artist Award in 2018. [32][33]

The National Indigenous Music Awards is an annual awards ceremony that recognises the achievements of Indigenous Australians in music. Mojo Juju have won two award from four nominations.[34]

The National Live Music Awards (NLMAs) are a broad recognition of Australia's diverse live industry, celebrating the success of the Australian live scene. The awards commenced in 2016.