A Conversation With Janelle Monáe
Black History Month 2025
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1h 31m
Celebrating Album Of The Year and Best Progressive R&B Album GRAMMY-award nominee, The GRAMMY Museum welcomed artist Janelle Monáe to the Museum’s intimate 200-seat Clive Davis Theater for an evening including a conversation moderated by Jimmy Jam discussing her GRAMMY-award nominated album, The Age Of Pleasure, with producers Nate Wonder and Sensei Bueno.
Janelle Monáe is without question one of the most celebrated artists of the modern era, a 10x GRAMMY® Award-nominated singer, songwriter, producer, performer, and fashion icon known worldwide for her inimitable style and visionary sound. With multiple celebrated albums, THE ARCHANDROID (2010), THE ELECTRIC LADY (2013), DIRTY COMPUTER (2018), and THE AGE OF PLEASURE (2023), numerous critically-acclaimed theatrical and television performances, and her unwavering activism for social justice and the LGBTQIA+ community, Monáe continues to be one of the most compelling and important artists of this generation.
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