The Café Royal Cultural Foundation NYC has awarded a 2023 Fall Performance Grant to keiya for her upcoming performance of “milk thot”.

keiyaA is a singer-songwriter, producer and multi-instrumentalist based in NYC. Raised in Chicago’s South Side, keiyaA synthesizes her jazz training, R&B sensibilities, and hip-hop upbringing to create new soul sounds inundated with her powerful, sultry voice and dense lyricism. She aims to center the narrative and intellect of the black woman in the late-stage capitalist world.

keiyaA’s debut album Forever, Ya Girl released on March 27, 2020. Forever, Ya Girl is a nu-soul landscape capturing the life of a Black woman. The project is primarily self-produced, and received a "Best New Music" review from Pitchfork as well as placement on several "Best of 2020" lists. Forever, Ya Girl has also earned keiyaA fans in fellow artists such as Solange, Earl Sweatshirt, Blood Orange, Moses Sumney, and Jay-Z.

milk thot is a choreopoem composed by keiyaA, featuring music, poetry, choreography, and technological experiments to explore self-image, family lineage, and society's reliance on extraction. The performances will take place at Abrons Arts Center in New York City's Lower East Side on April 11, 12, and 13. Tickets for the show are currently on sale.

This project is made possible with support from Abrons Arts Center through the Performance AIRspace Residency Program, which is funded by the Jerome Foundation. This program is also supported, in part, by the Café Royal Cultural Foundation and the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of the Office of the Governor and the New York State Legislature.

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