a video that foreshadows the reality of women of color everywhere that tells her story because it deserves to be heard” Watch the beautiful video below. … As dedicated film makers, we wanted to continue the artistic and highly cinematic tone and motif of sisterhood in the video, even if the song was one of the shorter more playful songs on the album.Ĭreating a statement of heart warming beauty and empowerment is a goal I try to achieve for each music video I make. The video captures urban sisterhood, self care, and individuality beautifully as Nokia and her girls Chichi, Lia and Maya Monès get ready go out on the town. Nokia says she “wanted to make a cinematic short film that accurately depicted a portrayal of urban sisterhood through a personal and accurate lens, with a narration that foreshadows the intersectionality of self esteem, self love and cultural appropriation of urban beauty in mainstream media. This video, directed by Destiny & long-time collaborator Milah Libin, is the 15th music video Princess Nokia has co directed since 2014, and the 7th since the release of the original 1992. She began rapping in 2010 as Wavy Spice when she was 18. Frasqueri is an artist imbued with purpose and something to prove, as her songs tackle female autonomy, empowerment and the importance of embracing your sexuality.

Four years of hindsight make clear that the. words: Abbie Jones Destiny Frasqueri is the rapper, activist and a patron saint of girl power known by the name of Princess Nokia. To commemorate the release of her highly anticipated major label debut album, 1992 Princess Nokia just dropped a video for her latest single “Flava”. By: Cormac Riordan, Staff Writer Although it’s Princess Nokia’s first mixtape, 1992 Deluxe is not the first mixtape by Destiny Frasqueri. Princess Nokia released Metallic Butterfly in 2014, back when she was still recording under the name Wavy Spice.

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