Experience
2024 Founder, My Mic Sounds Nice
Content Producer, Our History Matters
2022 - 2023 Music Section Editor, Bridge Magazine
2019 - 2021 Research Fellow, WUSTL
2018 - 2021 Founder and Editor in Chief, RIZE Magazine
Yeah I’m Still That B*tch, but Now I’m Feelin’ Like the Man
Being a "hard rapper," while a mark of legitimacy and skill in hip hop culture, can also be understood as an inherently masculine quality. Focusing Black women rappers from the 1990's to the current 2021 moment, this thesis utilizes visual-cultural and lyrical analysis to investigate how women queer masculinity in hip hop to be perceived as hard
Read more of my senior thesis here.
Selected Works
Pitchfork Interview Series: Yaya Bey
Born Hadaiyah Bey, Yaya Bey grew up in Queens, NY writing music with her father, hip-hop artist Grand Daddy I.U. The now 34 year old is a multifaceted force to be reckoned with. Whether as a writer, a visual artist, an activist, or educator, Yaya Bey advocates for Black people through art and protest.
Pitchfork Interview Series: Contour
Khari “Contour” Lucas is a multi-genre, multi-media artist hailing from Charleston, South Carolina. I started listening to him around the time the 2023 Pitchfork Fest lineup was announced. From my first listen, it was clear his name alone represented his artistic essence completely.
After attending Pitchfork as a spectator for years, Chicago based artist Ariel Zetina made her debut as a performer at the 2023 Pitchfork Festival. Originally from Jacksonville, Florida she moved to Chicago when she was just 18, and over a decade later her time in the city has taken her sound and art to the international stage.
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Pitchfork Interview Series: Ariel Zetina
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