I’m no longer the girl who ran away from home to escape my family trauma... I’m the girl who left and came back no longer a part of the cycle ... it took a decade but I did that
This was definitely one of the wildest experiences in my life. Not because it was tiny desk but because this moment was a catalyst for me to let go of mad shit I’ve been holding onto and acknowledge my grief in a substantial way. And having to do that publicly was insane.
𝐓𝐞𝐧 𝐅𝐨𝐥𝐝 ~ 𝟓.𝟎
𝐛𝐲 𝐘𝐚𝐲𝐚 𝐁𝐞𝐲
Yaya Bey’s “Ten Fold” is a messy experience overall. It has some really luscious anthems that beg to be replayed, but it also has some bland and even bad tracks that offer very little substance. Yaya is a good performer…
My dad passed away last night. I know he’s popular and some of you might already know but it’s only been a few hours so please I don’t want to talk to you about it.
Listen y’all my tiny desk bout to drop soon. I hit a couple flat notes in that joint. I did a song about my parents and got emotional. I had long Covid too. So not too much on me.
My femme is pretty femme and my masc is pretty masc and I still don’t know if I’m non-binary two spirited or maybe just a masculine femme which is probably some shit I made up. But either way this is the first relationship I can show up as my full self. And still feel desired.
This is the first album my dad hasn’t heard in the flesh. First time releasing music without his input. I don’t feel grown enough for that. Even at this big age.
I think it has a lot to do with the environment I grew up in and my age. There wasn’t much language for someone like me when I was coming up so I wasn’t affirmed in crucial moments.
My pop is an ancestor now. What the fuck could I possibly be afraid of? Like I said. I got a few more projects to put out and they all gone be anointed and I’m finna glide through this industry Blessed and Highly fucking favored just like I am. This how it’s gone be beloved.
The album is called Ten Fold cause I grew up Muslim and my dad’s name is Ayub which is the same story as Job in the Bible. And because Job was faithful whatever he lost God gave it back to him Ten Fold. As a second generation musician I always told myself I would be the Ten Fold.
When I was 11 I got arrested for fitting a description. My dad always emphasized that when he went to see me at the precinct I kept calling the black officers crackers. He would always be like muffin you was wild for that but really I was hip.
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I don’t really like to network. I don’t like small talk & don’t necessarily prefer strangers. I most likely would not like to have lunch. Unless you very specifically lay out what it is you want from me & it’s something I’m willing to give.
My pop died and I just kept going. I’m still going. But for real I never been this sad and tired and scared and lonely but I’m still just going. I have no idea how I’m doing this shit.
My biggest haters are always men that want me to shrink myself or just mad they can’t control me. It’s to the point now that every time I piss a man off I know the shit I’m doing bout to pop.
I wanna be an herbalist and a chef. I have so much self doubt when it comes to my dreams outside of music. Shit, I still have doubt with the music. Anyways, just saying it out loud so it gets easier to believe in.
Being the specific type of black woman I am often feels very unsafe in the current landscape. I’m not exactly palatable for the non blacks once I open my mouth. I’m a hood joint that’s Alt adjacent...