There is more than one artist with this name: 1) Polish rapper, member of the SBM Label. 2) James D. Hunter, better known as Mata (pronounced May-tah), was born in the heart of Detroit, Michigan, Mata had a very rough child hood being that his father died when he was only nine months old. At the age of nine Mata's mom decided to move closer to her father as a tragic event happened with Mata's grandfather which lead to Mata and family arriving in Selma, Alabama.