*6x FYC - Grammy Consideration (2023/Behind Closed Doors - album), (2024/Black Rose album & Svetuka - single), (2025/Negritude: the names they tried to silence - album & artwork), + Executive Producer (2025/Life Scriptures by Teflon Young King - album)
Within the Spoken Word space she is a Creative Artist and Producer who’s not defined by what is, but inspired by all that could be. She's devoted to creating valuable Art, so much that her works have made a global impact in numerous creative spaces. She's been able to reach various Cultural Creative Industry (CCI) individuals beyond existing disciplines, in an effort to create new empowering ways to connect with a global audience.
Her creative artistry and works has spotlighted her willingness to take creative risks in order to positively transform the world. As a deeply committed Humanitarian and multilingual internationalist her passionate works emphasizes her dedication to community.
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FYC GRAMMY® 2026 for Negritude: the Names They Tried to Silence
-Album & Artwork
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Receiving a “For Your Consideration” (FYC) nod for the GRAMMY® Awards is a meaningful milestone for any artist, and for me, it's an honor that reflects the heart, soul, and countless hours poured into the making of this album. This recognition by my peers in the Recording Academy affirms the creative vision and the message behind my musical craft, and it opens the door for the work to resonate on a broader scale. While an FYC mention is not a nomination, it places the album on the radar of some of the most influential voices in the music industry— that's both humbling and empowering. It’s a testament to the journey, the artistry, and the community that made this project possible.
This Spoken Word album is rooted in truth, vulnerability, and the power to voice through the ancestors. This recognition is a signal that the message, emotion, and intention behind each piece is resonating beyond the page and the mic. This FYC places the work among the conversations of GRAMMY® voters, shining a light on a project crafted with purpose and passion. It’s a moment of validation, not just for myself as an artist, but for the stories, experiences, and communities that shaped this album.
This project is a tribute to Black identity, resilience, and cultural memory; rooted in the legacy of the original 1930s Négritude as both a literary movement and a living, breathing affirmation of self. This moment is not just about accolades; it’s about amplifying a body of work born from history, heart, and the urgency of now. The music production accentuates a dynamic force rooted in heritage, purpose, and resilience.
As a multi-talented professional, the overall self-production brings together the strength of my authentic works, the discipline of a business leader, the creative soul of an artist, and a community builder.
“Negritude is not just in the richness of my skin, but also, in the depth of my spirit, the legacy I carry and the purpose I walk in every single day. I wear many hats, not out of necessity, but out of compassion, passion and pride.”
The “album artwork” is a fusion of Negritude, Pan-Africanism and the immigrant experience; a collaborative work by myself and Small Biz visionary Nickii B.
Core Visuals:- the torn parchment wall symbolizes the suppressed history-cracked but not destroyed. The “faded names” are etched, and engraved (though ghostly) across the background; names of the historical giants as included in the album, such as Sojourner, Toussaint L’overtore, Malcolm X, Maya Angelou, etc, and are translated to an Arabic-like language (so as not to interfere with the Distributor’s requirements of album, label and musician’s name). Myself is silhouetted bold and unshaken, with a focus on my lips, as if ready to immediately testify and prophesy on the contents of Negritude's production. My hair is symbolically traditional dreadlocks, fully haloed by fire, emitting smoke, glowing embers; symbolizing memory, spirit and resistance.
Color Scheme:- I chose deep earth tones: burnt sienna, ochre, charcoal black and gold. The accents of crimson for bloodline and sacrifice. The white glowing script for the names etched on both sides signifies the emergence from silence. The Pan-African colors feature red, black, and green colors. These colors are symbolic representations within the Pan-African movement.
-Red represents the blood that unites all people of African descent and the bloodshed during the struggle for liberation
-Black symbolizes the African people and their existence as a nation
-Green represents the abundant natural wealth of Africa, the Motherland, and also signifies hope and youth
These colors were popularized by Marcus Garvey in 1920 and have become a powerful symbol of Black liberation and Pan-African solidarity. Marcus Garvey is featured within the production of the album, and is a national treasure of my birth-land, Jamaica.
Typography:- the word Negritude is in bold serif, a hand-chiseled font that represents timeless, Pan-African in essence. “The names they tried to silence” is in a distressed, faded typewriter style-giving it a “suppressed text” look.
Symbolic Additions:- My earrings are made of kente cloth texture labeled Adinkra symbols embedded subtly in the design.
This project was created for those who need to hear themselves in the struggle — who find power in rhythm, truth in verse, and freedom in language. It’s for those who refuse to forget, and who are still dreaming of a world that doesn’t ask them to shrink, to hide, or to be silent.
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The production is spoken, raw, and rooted in the language of resistance. Each track is a meditation and a declaration. The works are not only to honor the ancestral legacy, but to remind us that their fight is not finished. The systems they resisted — racism, colonialism, white supremacy, cultural assimilation still shape the world we live in. This project is also a continuation: a bridge between past and present, between poetry and politics, between memory and movement.
The foundational music production works made possible by the overzealous intricate details of Grammy-nominated 10x Platinum, 10x Billboard Producer, JonFX.
Be sure to checkout the newly released Negritude book as well.
Because this album is, at its core, a voice too loud to colonize.
