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About
Rapper and poet whose career took off when she was featured on Chance the Rapper's 2013 song "Lost." Her first mixtape as a solo artist, Telefone, was released to positive reviews in 2016. She is also one-third of the musical group Ghetto Sage with fellow rappers Smino and SABA. She released her debut album, 'Room 25' in 2018.
Before Fame
She grew up in the Bronzeville neighborhood of Chicago, Illinois. She originally performed under the name Gypsy Noname.
Trivia
She placed third in Chicago's annual poetry slam competition Louder than a Bomb. She runs her own book club, focused on radical texts from authors of color. She has also performed the songs "Blaxploitation," "Prayer Song," and "Don't Forget About Me" on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert in 2018.
Family Life
Her real name is Fatimah Warner. She grew up in Chicago's Bronzeville neighborhood. Her grandparents raised her until she was in middle school. Her mother Desiree Sanders, also opened a Afrocentric Bookstore in Chicago in June of 1990.
Associated With
She was featured on several tracks of Kirk Knight's 2015 album Late Knight Special.
