2018
Janelle Monáe
Janelle Monáe is a Grammy-nominated singer, songwriter, actor, and creative visionary known for blending Afrofuturism, funk, R&B, and storytelling across music and film.
Career
Singing; Songwriting; Acting
Origin / Ethnicity / Heritage
African American
Additional Languages
English
Pronouns
She/They
About
- Origin / Ethnicity / Heritage
- African American
- Pronouns
- She/They
- Location
- Atlanta, Georgia, United States
- Additional Languages
- English
2010
Tightrope
“Tightrope,” the biggest standout, is funky soul, all locomotive percussion and lyrical prancing to match: “I tip on alligators, and little rattlesnakers/But I’m another flavor, something like a Terminator.”
Literature
2022
The Memory Librarian
From groundbreaking musician, actor, fashion icon and futurist JANELLE MONÁE and an outstanding group of collaborators comes THE MEMORY LIBRARIAN, a collection of short fiction, bringing to the written page the rebellious and Afrofuturistic world of