Music has always been one of the first places I found freedom.
I love all kinds of music, but hip hop and spoken word have always felt the most natural to me. There is something about rhythm, language, storytelling, attitude, and truth that speaks directly to who I am. Before I ever thought of myself as a writer, artist, broadcaster, or entrepreneur, I was a little girl watching music videos and performances, completely fascinated by the way people could use sound, style, and personality to become larger than life.
One of my earliest musical memories was seeing Shock G of Digital Underground perform as Humpty Hump. I thought he was one of the coolest people in the world. Anybody who could put on a hat with a big funny nose, move like that, rap like that, and have that much fun while doing it was somebody I immediately wanted to be like. He showed me that hip hop could be clever, theatrical, funny, bold, and completely original.
Then I saw women like Queen Latifah and Salt-N-Pepa, and something clicked in me. I realized I did not just have to admire hip hop from a distance. Girls could rap too. Women could command a stage, own a mic, tell their stories, and make people listen. That realization stayed with me.
I am originally from Coastal North Carolina, born into a Southern Baptist family not too far from the shore of the Atlantic. I come from eastern North Carolina, a region with deep roots, hard truths, revolutionary energy, and stories that do not always get told the way they should. I have lived back and forth between the Carolinas and Georgia for most of my life, but Atlanta became the place where I spent the majority of my adult years and where so much of my creative identity continued to grow.
My music is a reflection of all of that. The South. The coast. The church. The streets. The poetry. The attitude. The pain. The humor. The rebellion. The softness. The survival. Whether I am rapping, writing spoken word, experimenting with sound, or simply documenting pieces of my creative history, music has always been another extension of my voice.
Part of that history includes projects I once released and later shelved because of my own insecurities. Around 2006, I released a poetry album called Shadowstonez & Cloudy Water. In 2011, I released a hip hop mixtape called The Leak. At the time, I do not think I fully understood the value of what I had created or how much courage it took to put pieces of myself into the world.
Looking back, I no longer want to erase those parts of my creative history. Those projects represent where I was, what I was feeling, what I was learning, and the artist I was becoming. They are part of the archive too. Whether they return in full, in pieces, or simply as part of the story, I want to acknowledge them with honesty instead of hiding them behind insecurity.
There is more music that exists beyond this page, and new music is currently being prepared for release in 2027. This space is where I honor where I started, where I have been, and where the sound is headed next.
From the archives
The songs featured here are only part of the archive. There is more music that exists beyond this page, and new music is currently being prepared for release in 2027. This space is where I honor where I started, where I have been, and where the sound is headed next.