Noname

The observant, poetic, and down-to-earth style of Chicago's Noname exhibits inspirations including Lauryn Hill and André 3000, but the rapper has paved a lane for herself with the observant and unflappable verses that shade her independent full-length projects Telefone (2016), Room 25 (2018), and Sundial (2023). Born Fatimah Warner in Chicago's Bronzeville neighborhood, Noname frequented open-mike nights and slam poetry competitions when she wasn't volunteering with the local YOUMedia arts program. Her audience began to widen in 2013, the year she appeared on Mick Jenkins' T...