The Liberation of Black Music Podcast
Sep 23, 2026 Ā· 3 hr 43 min Ā· 20 segments
Hello my big music lover fans! Welcome to and/or welcome back to another installment of Black Artist Spotlight! This is the show where we talk to upcoming Black artists about their journeys into musicā¦
So I, so with you singing, like with, with what, what, okay, I'm sorry.
With you singing like classical, like singing a lot in choir when you were a child, would you say that that made you want to become a contributor to music? You think that that was be like, yeah, this is what I wanna do for the rest of my life?
Um, I think music period made me want to contribute to it.
Um, I think with the classical thing, it's definitely a love, it's a love strongly criticized thing for me.
Um, I love singing classical music a lot, but I think that reflecting now on it, um, and even still doing it, like I still sing it, um, like frequently, but I would say that, um, it can be very limiting and especially like going to college and taking it on and focusing on, you know, really s- you know, 'cause my degree was, um, supposed to be in opera and classical music.
Um, you know, so doing that in school, it was a lot of different things that, um, I feel like I had to compromise on, or not compromise, but not even, 'cause it's not a compromise, it's a respect to what's written, but at the same time it, um, dilutes you as an artist.
So I definitely would say that music period, like when my mom and dad would play it in the car and we listen to like Incognito, to like The Winans, to like, you know, Sylvester, to like-
Yeah
... everybody, Tree, like we'll get into it, man.
Yes, girl.
Yes, girl.
Diva down.
[laughs]
Oh my gosh.
Diva down.
Get on the floor.
Get on the floor.
Diva down.
Diva's down by it now.
But-
Okay.
[laughs]
... you know, we would, you know, we would listen to all of those people and I think just hearing how artists were during that time just made me so like intrigued about my own music.
But I don't think I knew how to really start it, um, until recently, um, because classical music is so like by the book and, um, by the book is a very culturally interesting thing to navigate.
So I, so with you singing, like with, with what, what, okay, I'm sorry.
With you singing like classical, like singing a lot in choir when you were a child, would you say that that made you want to become a contributor to music? You think that that was be like, yeah, this is what I wanna do for the rest of my life?
Um, I think music period made me want to contribute to it.
Um, I think with the classical thing, it's definitely a love, it's a love strongly criticized thing for me.
Um, I love singing classical music a lot, but I think that reflecting now on it, um, and even still doing it, like I still sing it, um, like frequently, but I would say that, um, it can be very limiting and especially like going to college and taking it on and focusing on, you know, really s- you know, 'cause my degree was, um, supposed to be in opera and classical music.
Um, you know, so doing that in school, it was a lot of different things that, um, I feel like I had to compromise on, or not compromise, but not even, 'cause it's not a compromise, it's a respect to what's written, but at the same time it, um, dilutes you as an artist.
So I definitely would say that music period, like when my mom and dad would play it in the car and we listen to like Incognito, to like The Winans, to like, you know, Sylvester, to like-
Yeah
... everybody, Tree, like we'll get into it, man.
Yes, girl.
Yes, girl.
Diva down.
[laughs]
Oh my gosh.
Diva down.
Get on the floor.
Get on the floor.
Diva down.
Diva's down by it now.
But-
Okay.
[laughs]
... you know, we would, you know, we would listen to all of those people and I think just hearing how artists were during that time just made me so like intrigued about my own music.
But I don't think I knew how to really start it, um, until recently, um, because classical music is so like by the book and, um, by the book is a very culturally interesting thing to navigate.
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