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That’s the goal. I want to be an artist you cannot categorise at all .” On her new song “Cleaning Out My Closet”, from her new mixtape ‘Classick’, she raps about being sexually abused.
Not your usual rap lyrics , that’s for sure. The Michigan-born, New York-based rapper, whose real name is Raykeea Wilson, got attention when her song “New York” from her online Reservation EP was played on BBC Radio 1Xtra this summer and she was signed to Island Records.
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