Cape Town musician Dope Saint Jude tackles life as a queer black woman in the music industry, through self-reflection and working on a debut album during the lockdown in the UK.
Cape Town musician Dope Saint Jude tackles life as a queer black woman in the music industry, through self reflection and working on a debut album during lockdown in the UK.The 30-year-old’s song Grrl Like was used in the trailers for the South African Netflix series Blood & Water, which she said has helped sustain her financially during lockdown.
“Blood & Water is the first time that it was picked up by an African production, so it’s the first time my peers, back home, see me get this kind of deal. It’s nice to be recognised by my country and continent,” she said. “I think that as a queer artist you have to fight extra hard. Being a queer black woman in the music space is a lot of work.
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