North Carolina hip-hop sensation Rapsody mixes the deeply personal diary entries of modern rap with the lyrical acumen of classic wordsmiths. She raps with the verbal labyrinths, emotional openness, and socially conscious verve of someone like Kendrick Lamar, whom she teamed with on 2015's beauty-standards rumination "Complexion (A Zulu Love)" for To Pimp a Butterfly. She signed to Roc Nation in 2016, and has unfurled a string of acclaimed albums and collaborations that explore freedom, self-worth, and her role in the lineage of powerful women.