Naming something, putting it on record, in a lyric, feels like affirming people. Ideally, that's what politicians should want to do: to put laws or policies in place that speak to people's experiences, to make them feel heard.
I wish that more people, especially young people, were taught about self-love at a younger age.
In some ways, I value specificity. I think that there's power in, once you know who your fan base is, being able to speak to them. I hope to cultivate a fan base of black girls and black people and people of color, women of color, queer people, people who are are marginalized in general.
I read 'Song of Solomon' by Toni Morrison in college, and it just blew my mind.
It's important to me that there's not just one story told about our city. 'LSD' is an ode to Chicago, a song for the complicated love I have for my city.
I really liked 'Blk Girl Art.' It's like a manifesto saying why I create, whether it's poetry or music.
