So… I’m having fun doing these Woman Crush Wednesday posts. And last week I mentioned that I am looking for new, talented females to talk about. Well… I found one! Niykee Heaton 🙂 She is a singer/ songwriter/ model who writes, produces, and mixes her own music.
I honestly hadn’t heard of her until recently and decided to check out her current EP The Bedroom Tour Playlist. I really did not know what to expect from her or this album from her looks and the album title. But the songs are sexy and empowering as a female.
In an interview with Billboard last year, Niykee speaks on where her self-confidence comes from:
“That’s a really hard question to answer. I just feel like — I grew up always being the ugly duckling type and no one really believes me when I say that. But I was never cute growing up. I was always a bigger kid. Always had a big butt. Always had big thighs… But as soon as I felt confidence in my art and in my craft is when I kind of just didn’t give a fuck about what anyone said about me and my aesthetic and the way that I looked. So I’m like “Fuck everybody. I like who I am.” And when I started seeing that young girls were seeing that and they were reciprocating and they were loving what I did because they needed that confidence too, that drove me more…”
Also she speaks on people not taking her seriously:
“…I think that people don’t take me seriously because society is brainwashed into thinking that if someone is attractive or good-looking, then that automatically discredits everything else about them. They can’t also be talented. They can’t also be smart. If you’re good-looking, then that’s it…”
Check Out the Full Article Here > (http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/dance/6785847/niykee-heaton-instagram-industry-interview)
Reading this article made me love her even more. Yes she does come off as super sexual and provocative but the girl is genuine and has real talent.
Check Her Out!
Official: www.niykeeheatonmusic.com
Facebook: www.facebook.com/niykeeheaton
Twitter & Instagram @niykeeheaton
