Meshell Ndegeocello
Sign in to saveAlso known as Michelle Lynn Johnson, Meshell Suhaila Bashir-Shakur, Me'Shell Ndegéocello
American singer-songwriter, rapper, and bassist (born 1968)
Person · Open Library
- Born
- 1969
- Works
- 2
Top works
- Please Wait to Be Tasted
- Ventriloquism
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Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Female
- Origin
- New York
- Active from
- 1968-08-29
contemporary r&bfunkjazzneo soulqueerr&b
Discography
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Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 173,055
- Total plays
- 2,217,587
Tags
soulfunkNeo-Souljazzfemale vocalists
Me'Shell Ndegéocello is a stylisation of Meshell Ndegeocello, a pseudonym of Michelle Lynn Johnson (b. 29 Aug 1968) is a singer, bassist, and multi-instrumentalist. She was born Michelle Johnson to Army lieutenant (and saxophonist) father Jacques Johnson and her mother, Helen in Berlin, Germany. Raised in Washington, D.C., Meshell Suhaila Bashir Shakur (as she became known) adopted the surname Ndegéocello, which means "free like a bird", while still in her teens. <a href="https://www.last.fm/mu
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Family name
- Johnson
- Gender
- female
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- West Berlin
- Occupation
- recording artist
- Languages spoken
- German
- Religion
- Islam
- Field of work
- music composing
- Genre
- hip-hop
- Instrument
- musical keyboard
- Record label
- Blue Note
- Official website
- www.meshell.com
- Image
- Meshell Ndegeocello at Istanbul Jazz Festival 20250708 (5).jpg
- Voice type
- contralto
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- birth name
- Michelle Lynn Johnson
- Commons category
- Meshell Ndegeocello
- date of birth
- 1968-08-29
- medical condition
- epilepsy
- pseudonym
- Me'Shell Ndegéocello
- start of work period
- 1993-00-00
- social media followers
- 57000
- copyright representative
- Broadcast Music, Inc.
- nominated for
- Grammy Award for Best Progressive R&B Album
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