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🍃 4.20 Moves + More Amapiano! 🎹

My birthday is Friday (shoutout to the Tauruses out there!) and I just want to start this email saying thank you for your support! I plan on getting all sappy in next week's newsletter but your support in my deejaying career means the absolute world to me. Thank you. Thank you. THANK YOU! Find...

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about 2 months ago • 1 min read

🎹 'Piano 'Piannnooooo!

Find me 🎛 What's up y'all? I hope Aries season (or maybe 2023 in general?) is not whopping y'alls asses like it's whooping mine. Please send some prayers for ya girl. Though amongst the BS, I am looking forward to deejaying The 'Piano Party this Saturday. I'm on at 11 pm. I hope you can come have...

about 2 months ago • 1 min read

🌍 Afrobeats To The World!

Find me 🎛 I'm very hype to join BLAQ PAGES at Afrobeats To The World this Saturday for their Chicago show! I'm on from 10 pm to 11 pm. See you there! ICYMI Check out the sounds from my set at GYRATE. Press play. I hope you enjoyed this newsletter. Was this sent to you by a friend? Make sure to...

2 months ago • 1 min read

You Hate TikTok Because You Don't Understand It 🤷🏽‍♀️

Before I posted my first TikTok, I'd spent over a year scrolling. Because of how depressing 2020 was, I could no longer stand mindlessly scrolling Twitter in my free time. Anger and even more sadness was all I could find there. And I mean, there was no one to blame then (*cough cough Elon*). This...

2 months ago • 5 min read

🤷🏽‍♀️ Like Damn... She in Ha Mood 💁🏽‍♀️

Whether your new year started January 1 or for you it begins in the coming weeks as we approach Spring, let me just say I'm glad you're here. By here, I don't mean subscribed to this newsletter—though I'm glad you're subscribed, too—I mean journeying into the new season, living, reading this...

4 months ago • 3 min read

❄️ Bad Bitch Holiday Hits ❄️

sings* It's tiiiiiiimmmeeeeee. Tis' the season—Mariah Carey season, that is! Despite my long R&B & Soul hiatus, Mariah Carey's music never was off of the table for me. Before I even knew what love was, I was screaming "We Belong Together" to the top of my lungs. Her 2018 album, Caution, still...

6 months ago • 2 min read

❤️‍🔥 Love Songs for Your Spirit ❤️‍🔥

Let's talk about Coco Jones. If you're of my generation and a bit younger, and you watched Disney Channel, you'll remember 2012's Let It Shine. It was a bit of a big deal for the channel to feature a movie with a mostly Black cast after years of newer shows and films that were lacking Black...

7 months ago • 2 min read

🇹🇹 An Update On Di Caribbean Gyal 'Dem 🇯🇲

Chile, the diaspora wars, the gender wars, the rapper wars, it's all a mess! Here's the rundown. The Woman King released in theaters recently and I loved every bit of it! Starring Viola Davis and Thuso Mbedu, the film is a story of the Agojie warriors, a group of women who fought to protect the...

8 months ago • 3 min read

Some Music to Put You in Your Feelings 🙃

I know, I know, why would you want to be in your feelings when you could be twirling to Beyonce's act i: RENAISSANCE? But hear me out. Balance is important! Whenever a throwback R&B track that I love plays from my music library, I ask myself why I don't listen to R&B like I used to. Then, I...

9 months ago • 3 min read

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