What's up is way up with Angela Gee and I know this woman is incredibly busy so thank you to

Amare for joining me today how you feeling me I feel great I feel great so much for having me. I've been such a fan for years. Of course. I would have never thought that. It's always amazing to me because I remember I've been doing this.'s 20 years in radio for me this year you're an icon

Like I can't really I'm a race that you're good at this girl no no no no it's true. I mean probably since I was maybe like 17 18 and I know it started with like lip service and

then like stuff with breakfast club and you know all of that so I've been tuned in for years.

Well thank you I appreciate that and I you know I know you're coming here today and you have to be one of the busiest people

because when I look at what you have going on like the tours that you're gonna be on and I feel like you have this like big responsibility for

just because of what you represent.

You know, this is an artist who you're not in any one specific genre of music and that is all very intentional to and

sometimes that can be like confusing for people but for real music fans we can

just listen to it and be like I just love this

No for sure for sure I think like I think it's two things like as a black girl number one and then as an

African girl I know so many girls that are so cool and so diverse and I think that I

love that I get to be some type of representation for them you know what I mean and I think

that being a genre bender, especially as an African

girl, might come as confusing to some people, but so many kids that I grew up around, so many girls,

so many women that I grew up around listen to so many different types of music are so diverse and like their cultural experiences and the things that they bring to you know their own lives and other people's lives so I'm just an

amalgamation of like all of the women that I've met and that are around me and you

know and I think that I bring that to my music too. I think about that because my best friend she when she first started doing music she was like a punk

rock artist but she's black right Santi Gold and she had a oh my god no that's your

best friend yeah another icon God, another icon.

Like, what are you talking about that?

We went to college together.

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