FSU Voice

Issue date: 4/9/08 Section: Features

When it comes to telling it like it is and representing true Hip Hop to the fullest, you can't get more real than Sistah Conscious. With racial unrest, the stock market crashing, gas prices skyrocketing, and all of the troubles in America and the world, time is ripe for her new single Better Day. The song encompasses so much of who she is as a musician, poet, activist, and young person. It talks about the condition of society, the love and acquisition of money, and how it is capable of controlling one's life. It encourages young people to follow their dreams and to use integrity in everything they do. The single is being released on airways across the southeastern region and soon across the nation.

From the capital city of underground rap-Raleigh, North Carolina, is where the reality Hip Hop artist Sistah Conscious got her start. With a sound closely related to the Durham, NC native group Little Brother, her songs are complex, soulful, futuristic, original, and unique. Sistah Conscious says that her name suggests the very fabric of who and what she is...a "conscious sistah"; but she cannot simply be boiled down to two words...
As an English major, she naturally appeals to her peer group in an intellectual yet accessible way. Her music has been accepted and enjoyed by a wide range of age groups. "Even my five year old daughter requests Sistah Conscious every time we get into the car," (Audrey Muhammad, 43, Owner of Virtue Magazine). Her energy filled live shows contain an intimacy and comeliness that transcends all ages, and lifestyles.
The Voice was able to sit down with the young, budding artist to speak about her unique style, rare talent, and views on general topics…


The Voice: Where are you from?
Sistah Conscious: Raleigh, North Carolina

TV: Do you participate in any organizations at FSU?
SC: Yes, I'm in Bronco Women, NCNW, Phi Eta Sigma, and Residence Life.

TV: What is your major?
SC: English Language and Literature, Secondary Education

TV: Name some of your prospective goals/career aspirations?
SC: I aspire to be a Hip-Hop artist. I'm aware that I have the ability and the capacity to do other higher praised professions, such as, a lawyer, politician, or a professor; but music is my love and my passion. What I do is not just the compilation of beats and verses…It is the science of language and the use of rhetoric to argue a point, which is essentially lawyering. It is the expression of ones views on war, the economy, and society to rally the hearts of men and women, which is largely the work of a politician. It is making knowledge accessible and appealing, which is the duty of a good professor. Some of my career goals are to, be internationally acclaimed, collaborate with musicians and professionals I admire and respect, and to continue making good music.

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