PinnedCD Radio’s Top 36 Songs of 2023What a year…moved into my dream crib, experienced my first layoff, went to Ireland to be on TV with Nick Cannon, started medication for the…Dec 29, 2023Dec 29, 2023
PinnedCD Radio — Top 52 Songs of 20222022 — I started and ended the year with COVID, left my first job, had a two-year delayed graduation from Harvard, moved to my first solo…Dec 25, 2022Dec 25, 2022
PinnedMy 35 Favorites Albums of the Last Decade (2010–2019)In 2010, I graduated from sixth grade. Today, as 2019 comes to a close, I gear up for my final semester at Harvard University. This list…Dec 30, 2019Dec 30, 2019
Album Review: “Let Her Rock: A Love Letter” — A Song For Life & Various ArtistsMy mother, Hope Daley-Derry — a true renaissance woman — plunged into entrepreneurship and built A Song For Life, a 501c3 nonprofit…Jan 25Jan 25
CD Radio Interviews FousheéWatch a segment of my interview with rising star Fousheé before she heads on stage to perform her headlining set at Move Forward Festival…Jun 16, 2022Jun 16, 2022
CD Radio’s Top 50 Songs of 2021I know “subversing the top 40” is my brand, but there were too many good songs this year so we are subversing the top 40 by making it a top…Dec 31, 2021Dec 31, 2021
Backs Turned, Ears Open: How Bias on NBC’s The Voice Fails the Black VocalistThis paper was originally written as a final paper for my junior tutorial in History & Literature (Ethnic Studies) at Harvard College…May 28, 2021May 28, 2021
5 Songs That Have A Hold On Me, Jan-Feb 20211. On It — Jazmine Sullivan and Ari LennoxFeb 16, 2021Feb 16, 2021
CED Radio’s 2020 Year-End Top 40I lean on songs to cope every year, but 2020 was especially different. This year is marked by disappointment — the cancellation of my…Dec 31, 2020Dec 31, 2020
My Interview with rapper IDK!I received the incredible opportunity to interview and moderate an audience Q&A with rapper IDK during his visit to Harvard in February…May 2, 2020May 2, 2020