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Making Rap A Women's Sport With JessB

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Hello lovely angels. Welcome to another episode of After Work Drinks With… This week we’re speaking to JessB, who, over the last couple of years, has been building a reputation as one of the most promising and thoughtful rappers to emerge out of New Zealand - a spotlight usually dominated by one of her male peers. 


Jess has already won a bunch of awards including the Best New Zealand Act at the 2019 MTV Music Awards. She had her Triple J debut earlier this year, has played Splendour in the Grass, Laneway and Splore - including gigs alongside Future, Grace Jones and Young Thug and some of her biggest tracks have racked up over a million streams on Spotify each. PLUS, in her spare time, Jess co-runs Filth, the coolest club night in Auckland - a safe space for queer folks and people of colour in New Zealand. Basically, she’s a fucking legend. 


We talk to Jess about drastically switching careers midway through your 20s, tall poppy syndrome, the Wet Ass Pussy controversy, the unique experience of being a woman in rap, and working out what it is that really fulfils you. As always, please rate, review and subscribe. <3

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