Rebecca walker and meshell ndegeocello
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Michelle Lynn Johnson (born August 29, 1968 in Berlin, Germany), better known as Meshell Ndegeocello, is an American singer-songwriter, rapper, bassist, and multi-instrumentalist. Her music incorporates funk, soul, hip hop, reggae, R&B, rock, and jazz. She has received significant critical acclaim throughout her career, and has had ten career Grammy Award nominations. She is often credited for having "sparked the neo-soul movement."
Ndegeocello was born in Berlin, Germany, to army lieutenant and saxophonist father Jacques Johnson and health care worker mother Helen. She was raised in Washington, D.C. where she attended Duke Ellington School of the Arts and Oxon Hill High School. In early press releases from Maverick Records her birth year was mistakenly listed as 1969. The 1968 birth date has been confirmed through a previous manager and lifelong friend.
Although named Michelle Lynn Johnson at birth, Ndegeocello has had numerous name changes. She adopted the surname
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Rebecca Walker
American writer (born 1969)
For other people named Rebecca Walker, see Rebecca Walker (disambiguation).
Rebecca Walker (born Rebecca Leventhal; November 17, 1969) is an American writer, feminist, and activist. Walker has been regarded as one of the prominent voices of Third Wave Feminism, and the coiner of the term "third wave", since publishing a 1992 article on feminism in Ms. magazine called "Becoming the Third Wave", in which she proclaimed: "I am the Third Wave."[1][2]
Walker's writing, teaching, and speeches focus on race, gender, politics, power, and culture.[3][4] In her activism work, she helped co-found the Third Wave Fund that morphed into the Third Wave Foundation, an organization that supports young women of color, queer, intersex, and trans individuals by providing tools and resources they need to be leaders in their communities through activism and philanthropy.[3]
Walker does extensive writ
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Meshell Ndegeocello
American singer-songwriter, rapper, and bassist (born 1968)
Meshell Ndegeocello | |
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Ndegeocello performing in 2016 | |
| Birth name | Michelle Lynn Johnson |
| Also known as | Meshell Suhaila Bashir-Shakur Me'Shell Ndegéocello |
| Born | (1968-08-29) August 29, 1968 (age 56) Berlin, Germany |
| Origin | Washington, D.C., United States |
| Genres | |
| Occupation(s) | Singer-songwriter, spoken word artist, musician |
| Instrument(s) | Vocals, bass, keyboards, drums, guitar |
| Years active | 1992–present |
| Labels | Maverick/Reprise/Warner Bros, Shanachie, EmArcy, Decca/Universal, handlar i textilier Street/Downtown, Naïve, Blue Note |
| Website | www.meshell.com |
Musical artist
Meshell Ndegeocello (mish-EL ən-DAY-gay-oh-CHEL-oh;[2] born Michelle Lynn Johnson on August 29, 1968) is an American singer-songwriter, poet, and bassist. She has gone by the name Meshell Suhaila Bashir-Shakur which fryst vatten used as a writing credit on some of her mid-career work.[3]