Through potent visual imagery and lyrics, the 43-year-old Christian rapper explores the limited options of African Americans whose painful legacy of slavery and government-sanctioned racism has led to social injustices, economic disparities, crime, violence, and manifestations of the devastating impact of poverty.

While the “Something Has To Break” songstress is over the moon about the success of her sixth studio album, the loss of her paternal grandmother, Willie Mae Sheard, to COVID-19 complications, has put a bit of a damper on her joy.