Rap or go to the league zip3/12/2024 ![]() Snuggled up in a fluffy red zip-up fleece in a small meeting room in her Bronx apartment building, Frasqueri described what it took to become Princess Nokia. She changed her name to Princess Nokia and released a series of albums, including one of earnest emo anthems, that secured her reputation as a tireless cheerleader for outcasts. But she endeared herself to groups all over the city - women, queer kids, drag queens, ravers, punks - who saw themselves reflected in her music, and over time, she developed rhyming skills that she channeled into energetic, moving anthems. When the 26-year-old mixed-race native New Yorker began her musical career as Wavy Spice, she barely even rhymed - her first song consisted mainly of her saying “Bitch, I’m posh” again and again. ![]() ![]() And if they did, they most likely wouldn’t admit to having it “so bad I’m bleeding.” And if they wrote about the loss of a mother and growing up in foster care with an abusive parent, it’s very unlikely they’d do it with the sincerity Destiny Frasqueri brings to her songs. Most rappers don’t write songs about their eczema. By Matthew Schnipper Photographs by Brenda Ann Kenneally
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