- Clouds
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- Nov 07, 2020
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- Getting
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- Nov 07, 2020
When I was a kid, getting on Lake Shore Drive from the south side to go downtown was magical.
- Feeling
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- Nov 07, 2020
A lot of people get Chicago wrong. I've developed this protective feeling about how we're portrayed, and at the same time, I'm acutely aware of the issues we face and the root causes of these issues.
- Love
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- Nov 07, 2020
It's important to me that there's not just one story told about our city. 'LSD' is an ode to Chicago, a song for the complicated love I have for my city.
- Encourages
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- Nov 07, 2020
'HEAVN' is about black girlhood, about Chicago, about the people we miss who have gone on to prepare a place for us somewhere else, about the city/world we aspire to live in. I hope this album encourages listeners to love themselves and love each other.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
For black and brown people, caring for ourselves and each other is not a neutral act. It is a necessary and radical part of the struggle to create a more just society. Our healing and survival are essential to the fight.
- Music
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- Nov 07, 2020
I like to borrow forms and quotes and use a lot of allusions, in both poetry and music.
- Poetry
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- Nov 07, 2020
When I started writing poetry, it was always in very hip-hop influenced spaces: Someone would teach a Nas song side-by-side with a Gwendolyn Brooks poem, and we'd talk about the connections between those things.
- Discover
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- Nov 07, 2020
There is a lot of history buried in Chicago that I still have yet to discover.
- Looking
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- Nov 07, 2020
I have a band called M&O. We were working on our first album in 2011 or 2012. We were looking for people to collaborate with, and I met Chance through a Young Chicago Authors poetry slam.
- Mentors
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- Nov 07, 2020