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 102 - Leticia Spence
Episode 101 - Dylan Jett
Episode 100 - Raven Juarez
Episode 99 - Graig Kreindler
Episode 98 - Brandi Milne
Episode 97 - Emily Somoskey
Episode 96 - Clementine Hage
Episode 95 - Taylor Dean
Episode 94 - Melissa Oliveri
Episode 93 - ‘Disrupting the Canon’ w/ Natalia Arbelaez, Heidi McKenzie, Habiba El-Sayed and Magdolene Dykstra
Episode 92 - Dakota Noot
Episode 91- Amy Guidry
Episode 90 - Charlie French
Episode 89 - Elizabeth Beston
Episode 88 - Zoë Presley
Episode 87 - Audrey Martinovich
Episode 86 - Eric Lotke
Episode 85 - Peter Sund
Episode 84 - Paige Pettibon
Episode 83 - Nickolas Rossi
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