10 Random facts about me

1. I struggle with being on social media. If you see me posting a video or even anything, please know sometimes it has taken great effort. I have thought about deleting it all but as an indie artist, author, poet, I can’t do that right now.

2. Even though I have done a lot, seen a lot, travelled the world, won awards and had some succcess, I feel like a failure as a musical artist sometimes when I look at my numbers. (Even though I know numbers are not everything)

3. I love spicy food. I NEED IT TO BE HOT HOT HOT 🔥🌶️

4. I cannot sleep on planes. I will watch movies non-stop on a long flight. Believe that! I really love movies, like REALLY!

5. I battle the blues, low moods and even depression during winter. Exercise, rest and being creative are in my survival kit to get through.

6. I do not like custard or chococlate cake AT ALL! YUCK! Something I’m surprised that I do like now are olives 🫒 (seedless green ones are the best 😆)

7. I am 6 foot 3 but when some people meet me in person, they tell me they expected me to be shorter! When I ask why, they say “because of your pictures” (HUH?!! Do I look short in pictures?)

8. Part of my development as a musical artist came from being deep in Church as a teen. It is embarrassing to talk about because it is simultaneously one of the best and worst things to happen to me. I had to spend many years unlearning a lot of nonsense I was taught that held me back. I get mad at the fact I believed a lot of misinformation and lies and could’ve made certain moves sooner. I’ve been free for a while though :)

9. I am very sensitive to light and sound. I have to sleep with earplugs and that blindfold thing.

10. I don’t get stage fright. I always think “are THEY ready for ME?”

Bonus: I am the first Hip Hop artist to win the CLiPPA poetry prize and the Ruth Rendell Award for services to literacy.