name: Hawa
Year: twenty one
home town: Born in Berlin and raised in Conakry, Guinea and New York
Now Lives: Now Lives: Sunny two-bedroom apartment in Brooklyn’s Prospect Heights district
Claim Fame: Hawa A classically trained queer rapper, sometimes a fashion model, and perhaps best known for her 2019 songs. “my love,” It was featured in the moving scene of Michaela Coel’s HBO series “I May Destroy You”. The placement not only brought her exposure, but was in line with her art as a strange black woman. “I love being part of something that is influential and that changes people’s perceptions in a way, which is an important reason for me,” she said.
Big break: Hawa was accepted by New York Philharmonic’s very young composer program I became the youngest composer at the age of 10. She quit at the age of 15 because she wanted to focus on R & B and indie music as a way to express sexuality. Two years later, she posted an excerpt of her music on Instagram, drawing the attention of Keenan MacWilliam., Creative director and artist in New York. Through MacWilliam, Hawaii has signed with record label 4AD. He released his debut EP in 2020. “that.”
The following: Hawa is about to complete his debut album “Haja Bangoura”. It will be released this summer.She hired a producer Tony Selzer To help her make experimental melange for R & B, soul, indie, pop, trap and New York drill rap. This album was inspired by her great-grandmother, who died earlier this year. “She is the one who made every woman in my family as strong and educated as they are, and turned them all into great human beings,” she said. “So losing her girlfriend is like losing a part of herself.”
Model movement: For Hawa, fashion and music “go hand in hand like eggs and bacon,” she said. “When it came to entering the fashion industry, it was really a lot of designers who were fans of my art before we met,” she said. “Now they are not only fans of my art at this point, but also my fans as human beings.”