Ladies First
Blessing Jolie
Raised in Texas and now based in the Twin Cities, Jolie is sharing a 20-something perspective that's both personal and universal.
September 4, 2026 · 23 min
Ladies First: Blessing Jolie
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Their talent is undeniable. Their contribution to the culture is indispensable. They're the Black women in our playlists, on our screens and in our feeds. On Ladies First, Element Everest-Blanks talks with one of these remarkable women about their lives, their music and how they made their moment happen. Because it's not about who's next. It's about who's now.
Blessing Jolie is the kind of artist who makes growing up sound like something worth documenting — not because she has all the answers, but because she is unafraid to sit with the questions.
The Nigerian-American singer-songwriter and guitarist raised in Katy, Texas, has built her music around the messy, funny, painful and often confusing process of figuring out who you are in your 20s. Her songs — including those on debut album 20nothing — are deeply personal without feeling distant and turn experiences with love, disappointment, confidence, identity and growing pains into stories listeners can recognize as their own.
Originally published at radiomilwaukee.org