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There is an article on BBC News talking about the success of Mi Plan, channelling her 14 year old self for Big Hoops, creating her new album The Spirit Indestructible, growing up listening to all the bands/artists she mentions in Big Hoops, having a videographer with her at all times during the creating and recording of her new album, and donating $1m to help build a school in Kenya.

“Hip-hop was super-exotic to us in Canada,” she recalls. “Because we were near the south, we could get some of the radio stations from Seattle.

“I remember attaching a wire clothing hanger to the antenna of my radio in my bedroom, so I could get the frequency and get that station and listen to the top 10 every night.”

Her subsequent trips to East Africa “changed my life,” she says.

“I experienced real joy for the first time… Communal joy. Obviously giving birth was joyful, personally. But when I went to Africa, I really experienced people celebrating and being joyful together for the first time.

“It really reinforced my belief in humanity. It reminded me who I am. That’s why the album is so childlike.”

To read the full article, head on over to BBC News.

There is a new Nelly interview on PopJustice where Nelly talks about the process of creating her new album, her 16 year old self, Nelstar Records, her fans and not being the type of artist that can create an album a year and much more.

The weird thing about my fanbase is that it’s all ages and all around the world, different kinds of people. I guess that’s because I’ve done so many collabos or done so many different styles. So I don’t really have a fanbase that’s so obvious. I know who my diehard fans are and I know them and they’re really supportive and everything but then in a bigger sense, there’s no real true sound that I have. I think my voice is the only real unifying part of it. It makes it harder each time because you have to reconnect with everybody again.

To read the full interview head over to PopJustice and have a read!