Something (rather than nothing)
Arts:Visual Arts
NIKKI LYNETTE is a performer, writer, and visual artist whose individual style is equal parts hip hop, alternative, and pop. A Chicago native, she fuses mental health activism into her performances and has created a lane for her music that is uniquely her own.
A proud independent artist, her self-produced tunes are currently featured in popular shows on Netflix, Hulu, Showtime and more. Lynette’s success in music licensing has earned its own accolades, including a prominent feature in Billboard Magazine and being invited to speak on a panel at South By Southwest.
After a hiatus from releasing new music, Nikki Lynette returned to the public eye with a confession: she’d secretly been battling mental health issues. She began writing articles about depression and suicide for prominent sites like BlackDoctor, Afropunk and AllHipHop. A newly appointed ambassador for the National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI), Nikki’s mental health documentary Happy Songs About Unhappy Things is also currently in production. Nikki has opened for Lion Babe and Leikeli47, and recently in Chicago, headlined her own sold-out show in the Foundation Room at the House of Blues.
After a sold-out run in Steppenwolf Theatre Company’s LookOut Series, Nikki’s autobiographical musical Get Out Alive was in conversation with multiple theaters to produce an extended run of the play. However, COVID-19 put those plans on hold… As a result, Get Out Alive has been reimagined for the internet for January 2021!
Episode 122 - Heather Dean
Episode 121 - Kola Shippentower-Thompson
Episode 120 - Ivizia Dakini
Episode 119 - Loren Rhoads
Episode 118 - Hana Walker Brown
Episode 117 - Caustic Casanova
Episode 116 - Olivia Dolphin
Episode 115 - Aunia Kahn
Episode 114 - Liz Medina
Episode 113 - Joyce A. Miller
Episode 112 - Anika Orrock
Episode 111 - Laryssa Birdseye
Episode 110 - The Music Episode
Episode 109 - Ricardo Levins Morales
Episode 108 - Emily Coupe
Episode 107 - What If Comic Book Geeks Took Over an Episode of SRTN? Starring Martin Michaud-Couch, Sean Wynn, Ethan Slayton and Ken Volante
Episode 106 - Gabe Valentin
Episode 105 - Kristina King
Episode 104 - Frances McKee
Episode 103 - Betty Jaeger (Dame Peaches von Killingsworth/Baroque Betty)
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