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Along this female wordsmith’s journey, there have been many stops - Philadelphia, China, and Ghana, among others - have all informed the wisdom and perspective which is evident in her music.
With the release of her debut album, “The Journey Aflame”, Naru has in a short time positioned herself on the scene as a model for what women can be in hip hop.
Placing at number one on the US college radio charts, with the Jr & Ph7 produced single “The World Is Listening”, Naru has definitely been doing just that, making the world listen.
With production accredited to some of Germany’s finest names in hip-hop, from production powerhouse Drumkidz, Jr & Ph7, 7inch, and more, “The Journey Aflame” has definitely forged its place into hip hop history. Live at Kampnagel, Hamburg, Germany Aug 14-16,2025
Longing To Tell is based on/inspired by Dr.
Tricia's Rose iconic book of the same name.
ALBUM: ALL ABOUT LOVE: NEW VISIONS (2024)
(inspired by our beloved bell hooks)available on all platforms.
Management Contact:
Lino Grumiro
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Watch a performance of akua naru's classic, "Poetry: How Does It Feel???
Since the release, the album has been written about in several countries and deemed a classic hip hop contribution by hip hop critics from New York to Moscow.
Akua Naru is a Hip Hop artist, organizer, producer, activist, and scholar, whose
work centers social justice advocacy and community building.
Her music, deeply nuanced, poetic and wise, theorizes the myriad experiences of Black women through rhyme along a sonic spectrum from Jazz to Soul.
She has recorded with Tony Allen, Eric Benét, Angelique Kidjo, Tuneyards, Questlove, Georgia Anne Muldrow, Christian Scott, Rah Digga, Mulatu Astatke, Bernard Purdie, Cody ChesnuTT, and more.
Akua has performed hundreds of shows in more than fifty countries across five continents with her 6-piece band.
in Goodrich (2024), Starring Michael Keaton + Mila Kunis
akua naru, "Falling" feat Jakeya Limitless, All About Love: New Visions (2024)
akua naru, "my mother's daughter " , The Blackest Joy (2018)
akua naru, "Made it " feat Eric Benét , The Blackest Joy (2018)
akua naru, "Poetry: How Does It Feel???
She is co-founder of the production/management company, The Urban Era, and, to date, has released four albums: “...the journey aflame (2011)”, “Live & Aflame Sessions (2012)”, “The Miner’s Canary (2015)”, and “The Blackest Joy (2018)”--alongside a wide range of additional artistic content. She has been an invited lecturer at Harvard, Oxford, Cornell, Princeton, Brown, Fordham, University of Cologne (Germany), Ahfad University for Women (Sudan), and Pivot Point College (China), among countless others.
With her social justice work, Akua has collaborated with an array of individuals and organizations globally in order to instigate change.
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Named the “Toni Morrison of hip-hop” by renowned scholar and public intellectual Dr.
Cornel West, akua naru is a hip hop artist, poet, producer, playwright, performer, and Assistant Professor of Hip Hop, at University of California, Santa Cruz. " , Live & Aflame Sessions (2012)
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Hailing from New Haven, CT, Akua Naru’s journey to acclaimed hip hop artist has led her from America’s North-East Coast to Cologne, Germany, where she currently resides and creates music.
With that, Naru reveals that her journey has not only been set aflame; it has just begun.
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"LONGING TO TELL" written & performed by akua naru, composed by MacArthur Genius + Pulitzer Prize winner, Tyshawn Sorey, + supported by world-leading chamber orchestra, Ensemble Resonanz.