V/A - Queen Dem Soul Jazz Records

Featured artists include Yaya Bey, Sudan Archives, Yaeji, COUCOU CHLOE, Georgia Anne Muldrow, Miso Extra, Aunty Rayzor, TeeZandos, Queenie, MC Yallah, Dizzy Fae, Vanessa the Finessa, Nira and Warrior Queen.

Queen Dem brings together a global selection of all powerful, maverick female artists, all creating new musical forms and re-writing the rules of expression to educate, entertain and empower.

From Lagos to Brooklyn, London to Hong Kong, these artists’ widely diverse music is connected through an all-encompassing self-awareness of both self and musical identity and a collective fierceness in attitude.

This album offers a snapshot of the current writing of musical history by women who embody confidence and conviction in their art - whether they are firmly-established artists such as Yaya Bey, Yaeji, Dizzy Fae, Sudan Archives, COUCOU CHLOE and Georgia Anne Muldrow or under the radar rising stars such as Queenie, Aunty Rayzor, Vanessa the Finessa, MC Yallah or Nira.

Featured artists:

Chloe Erika Jane Olivié, aka COUCOU CHLOE. London-based French artist producer.

Kathy Yaeji Lee aka Yaeji : NYC Artist, DJ, producer.

Nappy Nina: Brooklyn-based Oakland-born writer, MC, producer.

TeeZandos: East London-born drill artist.

Sudan Archives: Los Angeles artist, songwriter, violinist.

Miso Extra: Hong Kong-born, UK-based artist, MC, producer.

Nayana Iz: Artist based in London.

Aunty Rayzor: Lagos, Nigeria singer and songwriter.

Yaya Bey: Brooklyn R&B vocalist.

Queenie: Croydon, London artist

MC Yallah: MC born in Kenya, raised in Uganda.

Dizzy Fae: Minneapolis singer and dancer.

Vanessa Tha Finessa: Ghanaian-born, New York raised, LA-based artist.

Warrior Queen: Jamaican dancehall artist.

Georgia Anne Muldrow: Los Angeles singer, producer, songwriter.

Nira: Los Angeles vocalist.