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Janelle Monae- Electric Lady

Trendsetter, Innovator, Savvy, Grandiose, Idiosyncratic.

Harlem bred Singer/Songwriter,  Collaborator, Chef and Mother.

She made it dope to be her. No apologies. I first fell in  love with Kelis in 1999 when she strutted on to the screen with that Chaka Khan-esque flavour telling ODB that she had his money. That afro!!!! Yassssss hunty!!!! She was sissying that walk. From then she has been beating to her own drum in an industry full of clones and catch ups. A one woman band.

Noun

 1. a movement urban, for the cosmopolitan woman of colour; as downtown as she is uptown; cultured and multi-cultural

 2. a culture that celebrates the strength, individuality and fearlessness of women of colour that the media has failed to represent.

 3. a original voice that speaks to a generation of people from diverse cultures, upbringings and interests.