Discipline is second nature to mightbehawa. melindafakuade profiles the composer turned rapper as she releases her debut album, 'Hadja Bangoura'
. “This is not my country, so I can’t just dillydally and play around all the time; I have to actually make something because to be Black and also be an immigrant, that’s a whole other obstacle,” she tells me with a very serious edge to her voice on a cool, quiet afternoon at acafé. “No type of work that is gonna make you money is going to be easy. If it is, it’s illegal and the IRS is probably coming.
Her interest in a grittier, more experimental, more urban sound grew, and she felt drawn to rap and R&B. She lists older PartyNextDoor and Brent Faiyaz tracks as influences on her current music, along with her uncle, a prominent West African Afrobeat artist. As a kid, she watched him sell out stadiums where everyone was shouting his lyrics, and she wanted to feel that for herself. “That’s literally the only job I ever knew I was going to do.
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