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My guest this week is Chicago-via-Detroit rapper, producer, singer, and songwriter Imani Nichele. We spoke about Babygirl, The Wiz, our current tolerance for musicals, the Temptations, Ray Charles, New Edition, and N.W.A. biopics, being a poet laureate, moving from Detroit to Chicago, fine-tuning her sound, working with Detroit rapper-producer Nolan The Ninja, the idea of jesters and clowns, trusting her artistic vision, and the creative process behind her debut project MERRY&RUE. Come fuck with us.

MERRY&RUE is available wherever music is sold, streamed, or stolen. Consider copping directly from her Bandcamp page. Follow Imani on Instagram (@imaninichele_) and Twitter (@maniduhmixer).   

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