If you haven’t yet, make sure to visit our Homegrown blog, dedicated to spotlighting the work of independent and underground artists in the worlds of hip-hop, R&B and soul music.

This week’s artist, Nya Jade, is a San Francisco-based singer/songwriter whom the industry tries to label as “R&B.”

“It can be frustrating when people want to just immediately think I’m just all R&B,” she told us. “I’m like ‘Did you listen to the record there are like four rock songs on there!’”

Also, check out up-and-coming underground Chicago emcee Psalm One. Ironically, both her and Jade, worked as professional chemists before they embraced their music careers. We kid you not.

If you or someone you know is an independent artist trying to generate some shine for their CD, feel free to let us know. Registered users at HiphopRnbSoul.com can fill out a quick form and we’ll take it from there. Who knows? Maybe you or someone you know could end up in our artist spotlight! Photo: Nya Jade courtesy Katako Records 

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