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Raised in a religious family where hip-hop was associated with violence, drugs and social deviance didn’t deter Awa from pursuing her dream of being an internationally recognised female rap artist from the continent.

“[Collaborating] with Rihanna and Essence magazine is quite incredible…as an artist, I’m able to deliver these unusual images of someone who is so well-known and so recognizable… It’s an amazing opportunity.” Essencedescribes the collaboration as, “a series of original photographic collages for the cover and 12-page portfolio entitled, ‘Of Earth & Sky.’ The magazine also referred to Rihanna as, “the blazing sun we needed on many a dark day last year.” Last year, the sing...

Lil’ Kim, BET’s American Gangster: Trap Queens returns for a second season and shares the stories of five women who made it to the top in street crime. Their true stories not only shed light on the various paths to the criminal lifestyle, but the docuseries also highlights the systematic gender and racial disparities that exist in the prison system through compelling first-hand experiences. The women featured in season two were all notorious for their various hustles which almost never f...

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