Fresh Finds is Teen Vogue's franchise dedicated to highlighting the badass female artists, musicians, and filmmakers you need to know. My discovery of Destiny Frasqueri β aka Princess Nokia β coincides with my discovery of my own afro-indigenous identity. I first saw this term in her work, and it called to me. I saw brown girls and women of all size and shades, dancing, comfortably and freely.
I saw myself in the movements of their bodies, in their laughs. I wanted to know what type of energy they shared in, and how that could be made accessible to me. I wanted to know where that level of "carefree" existed, and how I could cultivate it or myself and my people. As a result, I embarked on a journey of self discovery, which included keeping tabs on Princess Nokia and her work. Within the next month, she will be re-releasing a deluxe edition of with an additional eight songs , so ahead of that I spoke with her about the new songs, her general artistry, and her identity as an afro-indigenous woman.
Eva Lewis: At your Chicago concert, you mentioned some difficulties with Can you elaborate on those difficulties? Legally, it just takes time to process it all. EL: How did this experience influence the making of the deluxe edition of ? DF: I think it made me understand the schematics of legalities and business more. I miss those independent days where I could literally not care about being sued, and just drop my music on the internet for free. It just delays it, and that is fine, there is nothing that I can do about it I use the principles of gratitude, positivity, and consistency in my work a lot as a person, as an artist, and as a musician.
When I really think about it, this is all I have β all I've ever worked hard for. It is out of my control. It is a very similar narrative to the original. There are some real fun car-banger songs.
I just love shopping! I love money, I love fashion. I try to keep my subject matter as light as possible. I am a human being, I am a showoff of a rapper, there is a little of that in there too.
