People are always talking about how they want this Aja to come back. But the truth is in this era of my life I was not being authentic to myself, and I kept formfitting myself to be something I wasn’t because I felt so unloved for being who I was I created this character that I knew to world with love, and it was, the true pinnacle of my artistry. Taking things that I saw people loved and styling it to myself. Now that I am fully realizing who I really am though. I know that it would be a different story.
I look back and see the way that this turned into the infamous “burlesque rapper” era and I cringe, because I don’t think that that was some thing that I really wanted either. I think all I really wanted was to be seen as a woman and not a person who is performing the caricatures of a woman. But I was in such denial. I often feel that this era of my artistry ruined a lot of my career and pushed away thousands and maybe even hundreds of thousands of fans I’ve watched slowly over the past few years as I ago from almost hitting 1, million followers on Instagram to pinching back down and the constant commentary about “ didn’t she quit?” And such. My one confession today is that I really wish I would have had the resources to overcome my gender, dysphoria and privacy, and not made my struggles so public. I often wonder how differently it would affect my career today. Nonetheless, I am very proud of the woman I have become and I hope one day those hundreds of thousands of fans that I have lost can look back and learn to love me again. Because as it stands, I feel like compared to before it is much more a few people who are supporting my artistry at the moment, and it has led to a lot of me doubting the future of my artistry but with that I say, I will stay and stand strong. I know that I have not hit my peak yet as I get ready to load my next era, I said buckle up kids. This one is for you. 💛✨🩸
People are always talking about how they want this Aja to come back. But the truth is in this era of my life I was not being authentic to myself, and I kept formfitting myself to be something I wasn’t because I felt so unloved for being who I was I created this character that I knew to world with love, and it was, the true pinnacle of my artistry. Taking things that I saw people loved and styling it to myself. Now that I am fully realizing who I really am though. I know that it would be a different story.
I look back and see the way that this turned into the infamous “burlesque rapper” era and I cringe, because I don’t think that that was some thing that I really wanted either. I think all I really wanted was to be seen as a woman and not a person who is performing the caricatures of a woman. But I was in such denial. I often feel that this era of my artistry ruined a lot of my career and pushed away thousands and maybe even hundreds of thousands of fans I’ve watched slowly over the past few years as I ago from almost hitting 1, million followers on Instagram to pinching back down and the constant commentary about “ didn’t she quit?” And such. My one confession today is that I really wish I would have had the resources to overcome my gender, dysphoria and privacy, and not made my struggles so public. I often wonder how differently it would affect my career today. Nonetheless, I am very proud of the woman I have become and I hope one day those hundreds of thousands of fans that I have lost can look back and learn to love me again. Because as it stands, I feel like compared to before it is much more a few people who are supporting my artistry at the moment, and it has led to a lot of me doubting the future of my artistry but with that I say, I will stay and stand strong. I know that I have not hit my peak yet as I get ready to load my next era, I said buckle up kids. This one is for you. 💛✨🩸
People are always talking about how they want this Aja to come back. But the truth is in this era of my life I was not being authentic to myself, and I kept formfitting myself to be something I wasn’t because I felt so unloved for being who I was I created this character that I knew to world with love, and it was, the true pinnacle of my artistry. Taking things that I saw people loved and styling it to myself. Now that I am fully realizing who I really am though. I know that it would be a different story.
I look back and see the way that this turned into the infamous “burlesque rapper” era and I cringe, because I don’t think that that was some thing that I really wanted either. I think all I really wanted was to be seen as a woman and not a person who is performing the caricatures of a woman. But I was in such denial. I often feel that this era of my artistry ruined a lot of my career and pushed away thousands and maybe even hundreds of thousands of fans I’ve watched slowly over the past few years as I ago from almost hitting 1, million followers on Instagram to pinching back down and the constant commentary about “ didn’t she quit?” And such. My one confession today is that I really wish I would have had the resources to overcome my gender, dysphoria and privacy, and not made my struggles so public. I often wonder how differently it would affect my career today. Nonetheless, I am very proud of the woman I have become and I hope one day those hundreds of thousands of fans that I have lost can look back and learn to love me again. Because as it stands, I feel like compared to before it is much more a few people who are supporting my artistry at the moment, and it has led to a lot of me doubting the future of my artistry but with that I say, I will stay and stand strong. I know that I have not hit my peak yet as I get ready to load my next era, I said buckle up kids. This one is for you. 💛✨🩸
Catch me on episode 3 of “the conversations project” on Hulu 💛
A conversational series inspired by The Harlem Renaissance Salon: a dinner gathering of African American philosophers, writers, musicians, singers, dancers, comedians and actors of the period. ⭐️
Catch me on episode 3 of “the conversations project” on Hulu 💛
A conversational series inspired by The Harlem Renaissance Salon: a dinner gathering of African American philosophers, writers, musicians, singers, dancers, comedians and actors of the period. ⭐️
Catch me on episode 3 of “the conversations project” on Hulu 💛
A conversational series inspired by The Harlem Renaissance Salon: a dinner gathering of African American philosophers, writers, musicians, singers, dancers, comedians and actors of the period. ⭐️
Catch me on episode 3 of “the conversations project” on Hulu 💛
A conversational series inspired by The Harlem Renaissance Salon: a dinner gathering of African American philosophers, writers, musicians, singers, dancers, comedians and actors of the period. ⭐️
I don’t feel represented by any of these 😂 I feel like I would’ve been a whole different kind of girl, sidenote, I never had high school photos anyway so 💀 I would have had to be present to take them 😂
I don’t feel represented by any of these 😂 I feel like I would’ve been a whole different kind of girl, sidenote, I never had high school photos anyway so 💀 I would have had to be present to take them 😂
I don’t feel represented by any of these 😂 I feel like I would’ve been a whole different kind of girl, sidenote, I never had high school photos anyway so 💀 I would have had to be present to take them 😂
I don’t feel represented by any of these 😂 I feel like I would’ve been a whole different kind of girl, sidenote, I never had high school photos anyway so 💀 I would have had to be present to take them 😂
I don’t feel represented by any of these 😂 I feel like I would’ve been a whole different kind of girl, sidenote, I never had high school photos anyway so 💀 I would have had to be present to take them 😂
I don’t feel represented by any of these 😂 I feel like I would’ve been a whole different kind of girl, sidenote, I never had high school photos anyway so 💀 I would have had to be present to take them 😂
I don’t feel represented by any of these 😂 I feel like I would’ve been a whole different kind of girl, sidenote, I never had high school photos anyway so 💀 I would have had to be present to take them 😂
I don’t feel represented by any of these 😂 I feel like I would’ve been a whole different kind of girl, sidenote, I never had high school photos anyway so 💀 I would have had to be present to take them 😂
⚠️SURPRISE! 🚨 MY MIXTAPE FEMME QUEEN RAGE, VOL. 1 🫦 is LIVE
Femme Queen Rage:, Vol. 1 by Aja https://music.apple.com/us/album/femme-queen-rage-vol-1/1707549728
Photo/Creative Direction/Post-Production: Tanner Abel (@tannerabelofficial)
Lighting Tech: Nicholas Needham (@nicholasjneedham)
Set Design: Elaine Winter (@elaine_winter_)
Text Design: Rebecca Petrie (@light_alchemist)
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$1200 GP TEAM RUNWAY @ BACK TO THE BASICS PT2 💛
⚠️SURPRISE! 🚨 MY MIXTAPE FEMME QUEEN RAGE, VOL. 1 🫦 is LIVE
Femme Queen Rage:, Vol. 1 by Aja https://music.apple.com/us/album/femme-queen-rage-vol-1/1707549728
Photo/Creative Direction/Post-Production: Tanner Abel (@tannerabelofficial)
Lighting Tech: Nicholas Needham (@nicholasjneedham)
Set Design: Elaine Winter (@elaine_winter_)
Text Design: Rebecca Petrie (@light_alchemist)
So femqueenrage will not be my 3rd studio album 😖
⚠️SURPRISE! 🚨 MY MIXTAPE FEMME QUEEN RAGE, VOL. 1 🫦 is LIVE
Femme Queen Rage:, Vol. 1 by Aja https://music.apple.com/us/album/femme-queen-rage-vol-1/1707549728
https://spotify.link/lTkIRgVFfDb
Photo/Creative Direction/Post-Production: Tanner Abel (@tannerabelofficial)
Lighting Tech: Nicholas Needham (@nicholasjneedham)
Set Design: Elaine Winter (@elaine_winter_)
Text Design: Rebecca Petrie (@light_alchemist)
Happy Oshun Feast Day 💛✨🪶
I don’t gotta say much. Ibu kole has had me embraced in her vultures wings carrying me to safety. I never forget that amongst all the hype of everyone wanting to be a child of Oshun, I was so shook when I had gotten my head marked, and they told me I was her daughter. Over these years, I have learned why I am her child, and I continue to learn every step of the way. I am thankful for all the lessons that she has taught me, I am thankful for the love she has brought into my life, the family that she has brought into my life, I am humbled always by everything she tells me. In ita they told me not to cry in front of her. But this Orisha has touched my heart so many times that I find it so hard not to cry, tears of joy and release. I wear her crown with joy and with pride. Between God (Olodumare), Oshun and Obatala; I continue to grow and feel more and more complete.
It has been a great year when I look back at it because I finally found the courage to start working Orisa again, and congregate and rejoin with family. Old and new. I was able to attend añas and engage in the community as well as meet other Olorisa & Lagba Lagba making connections and celebrating our culture. On this very day, I choose a new path of no longer focus on the past and negative experiences that I have encountered within the tradition. Button now look forward an honor the positive experiences that I have had and will have.
Happy Oshun Feast Day 💛✨🪶
I don’t gotta say much. Ibu kole has had me embraced in her vultures wings carrying me to safety. I never forget that amongst all the hype of everyone wanting to be a child of Oshun, I was so shook when I had gotten my head marked, and they told me I was her daughter. Over these years, I have learned why I am her child, and I continue to learn every step of the way. I am thankful for all the lessons that she has taught me, I am thankful for the love she has brought into my life, the family that she has brought into my life, I am humbled always by everything she tells me. In ita they told me not to cry in front of her. But this Orisha has touched my heart so many times that I find it so hard not to cry, tears of joy and release. I wear her crown with joy and with pride. Between God (Olodumare), Oshun and Obatala; I continue to grow and feel more and more complete.
It has been a great year when I look back at it because I finally found the courage to start working Orisa again, and congregate and rejoin with family. Old and new. I was able to attend añas and engage in the community as well as meet other Olorisa & Lagba Lagba making connections and celebrating our culture. On this very day, I choose a new path of no longer focus on the past and negative experiences that I have encountered within the tradition. Button now look forward an honor the positive experiences that I have had and will have.
Happy Oshun Feast Day 💛✨🪶
I don’t gotta say much. Ibu kole has had me embraced in her vultures wings carrying me to safety. I never forget that amongst all the hype of everyone wanting to be a child of Oshun, I was so shook when I had gotten my head marked, and they told me I was her daughter. Over these years, I have learned why I am her child, and I continue to learn every step of the way. I am thankful for all the lessons that she has taught me, I am thankful for the love she has brought into my life, the family that she has brought into my life, I am humbled always by everything she tells me. In ita they told me not to cry in front of her. But this Orisha has touched my heart so many times that I find it so hard not to cry, tears of joy and release. I wear her crown with joy and with pride. Between God (Olodumare), Oshun and Obatala; I continue to grow and feel more and more complete.
It has been a great year when I look back at it because I finally found the courage to start working Orisa again, and congregate and rejoin with family. Old and new. I was able to attend añas and engage in the community as well as meet other Olorisa & Lagba Lagba making connections and celebrating our culture. On this very day, I choose a new path of no longer focus on the past and negative experiences that I have encountered within the tradition. Button now look forward an honor the positive experiences that I have had and will have.
My new mixtape “Femme Queen Rage” is out now!
https://music.apple.com/us/album/femme-queen-rage-vol-1/1707549728
https://spotify.link/aPUIVv1afDb