Brooklyn rapper Leikeli47 wears a signature ski mask to keep the focus on her infectious, and sometimes experimentally raucous, rhyme and production styles. Drawing from hip-hop, R&B, and house, she shares her empowering, funny, sad, and thought-provoking experiences as a Black woman on her mixtapes, EPs, and trilogy of "Beauty Series" albums -- 2017's Wash & Set, 2018's Acrylic, and 2022's Shape Up -- all of which showcase her vibrance and versatility.
Born in Virginia and raised there and in Brooklyn, Leikeli grew up shy, lonely, and bullied, but she knew she wanted to mak...