Jessica Angelique Oliver, also known as FendiDa Rappa, was born Sept. 27, 1995, in Chicago, Illinois — the home of drill and juke music — and she is bringing that sound centerstage in Atlanta on Sunday, Sept. 3 for Atlanta Black Pride weekend.
In an interview with WABE, the musical artist said, “I didn’t know my sound, and it’s okay if you don’t know your sound. Do you feel me?”
Juke and drill are regional subgenres with distinctive styles prevalent in Chicago’s music scene. Drill is often compared to Atlanta-born trap music sonically and gangsta rap lyrically, and it includes artists like Lil Durk and Chief Keef. Juke is a subgenre of high-beat, electronic dance music known as ghetto house. It features a simple 808 or 909 beat and often contains sexually explicit lyrics.
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