UK rap lady Nadia Rose cross’d my recs on yt because apparently I like lady musicians too much, but I appreciate it.  She’s very talented and cute.  This video is several years old.  I don’t know if she was a teenager at the time, but she’s giving teen girl squad energy in a good way.

One annoying grain in the back of the mind whenever you’re confronted with a new artist from the UK is … are they terfy?  Is Terf Island.  Is this style descended from the Afro-Caribbean community, who are notoriously homophobic?  I remember enjoying Roots Manuva a lot until he said “away with the fairies” and I was like, oh, away with me.  Sigh.

So I’m not going to look it up and find out.  Meanwhile, she had to take some years off due to label bullshit, and she grew up and filled out.  Lookin nice, madamoiselle, and still rocking out…

Wotta doll.  So fun.  It’s in the mix now.

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