Beauty and Her Beast is a testimony.

It was born in the aftershocks of heartbreak, ancestral grief, and holy rage. Each poem is an invocation of my mother, my wounds, my survival, and my sensuality. This isn't a project I made for the industry. I made it for those of us who are taught to be strong before we’re taught to be safe.

I’m not a full-time artist. I’m a full-time truth-teller who returned to the mic because poetry saved my life again. This album is what healing sounds like when it’s not always soft, when it burns, bites, prays, and rises.

I created Beauty and Her Beast as a sacred offering to Black women, to my ancestors, and to my younger self who deserved softness, safety, and firelight. I’m grateful to share it with you. (See FYC for more details)