Janelle Monae Robinson is an American singer, rapper and actress.
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39 Facts About Janelle Monae
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Janelle Monae's is signed to Atlantic Records, as well as to her own imprint, the Wondaland Arts Society.
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Janelle Monae was honored with the Billboard Women in Music Rising Star Award in 2015 and the Trailblazer of the Year Award in 2018.
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In 2007, Janelle Monae publicly debuted with a conceptual EP titled Metropolis: Suite I .
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In 2016, Janelle Monae made her theatrical film debut in two high-profile productions; Janelle Monae starred in Hidden Figures as NASA mathematician and aerospace engineer Mary Jackson, and starred in Moonlight.
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Janelle Monae's parents separated when Janelle Monae was a toddler and her mother later married a postal worker.
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Janelle Monae has a younger sister, Kimmy, from her mother's remarriage.
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Janelle Monae dreamed of being a singer and a performer from a very young age, and has cited the fictional character of Dorothy Gale from The Wizard of Oz as a musical influence.
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The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill, which Janelle Monae bought two copies of with her first check, was another source of inspiration.
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Janelle Monae enjoyed the experience, but feared that she might lose her edge and "sound, or look or feel like anybody else".
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Janelle Monae's began writing her own music and performing around the campus.
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In 2003, Janelle Monae self-released a demo album titled The Audition, which she sold out of the trunk of a Mitsubishi Galant.
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Janelle Monae toured as the opening act for band No Doubt on their summer 2009 tour.
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Janelle Monae announced plans to shoot a video for each song on The ArchAndroid and create a film, graphic novel and a touring Broadway musical based on the album.
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The series puts Fritz Lang's 1927 silent film Metropolis, which Janelle Monae referred to as "the godfather of science-fiction movies", in special regard.
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Janelle Monae was featured on "Do My Thing" for Estelle's studio album, All of Me.
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In July 2012, for the second year in a row, Janelle Monae appeared at the North Sea Jazz Festival in Europe as well as in the 46th edition of the Montreux Jazz Festival in Switzerland on the 14th.
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In September 2012, Janelle Monae performed at CarolinaFest in support of President Obama, just before the 2012 Democratic National Convention in Charlotte, North Carolina.
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In late March 2015, Janelle Monae released the single "Yoga" from the album The Eephus.
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Janelle Monae's began collaborating with Nile Rodgers for a new Chic album and Duran Duran for the album Paper Gods, their first album in over five years, and their single called "Pressure Off".
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In October 2016, Janelle Monae made her big screen acting debut in the critically acclaimed film Moonlight, alongside Naomie Harris, Andre Holland, and Mahershala Ali.
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Janelle Monae was on the tracks "Isn't This the World" and "Jalapeno" for the Hidden Figures soundtrack.
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Janelle Monae revealed in the interview that she would be releasing new music sometime in 2017, although by the end of the year no album or single was announced.
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Janelle Monae's held a series of "top-secret" listening sessions in Los Angeles and New York in support of the album.
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Janelle Monae's contributed to the soundtrack to the dark comedy film Sorry to Bother You, collaborating with The Coup.
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Also in 2018, Janelle Monae co-starred in the fantasy drama feature film Welcome to Marwen, by filmmaker and screenwriter Robert Zemeckis alongside Steve Carell and Leslie Mann.
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Janelle Monae returned to the big screen twice in 2020, with her first lead role in September 2020 with horror film Antebellum, and another supporting role with biopic The Glorias.
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In September 2020, Janelle Monae released the music video Turntables as part of the Amazon Studios' bipartisan voter registration campaign.
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In 2021, it was announced that Janelle Monae would appear in the upcoming sequel to the 2019 mystery film Knives Out.
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Matthew Valnes describes Janelle Monae as innovating a more contemporary Neo-Afrofuturism, where the android role is used as a tool to critique the representation of Black female musicians in the funk genre.
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Janelle Monae's roots in Kansas City, Kansas, where she was born and raised, are evident in her lyrics and style.
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Janelle Monae's signature look can be attributed to the early days in her career, when she was employed as a maid.
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Janelle Monae has been known to distribute the Ten Droid Commandments, which encourages her fans to be individuals.
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In 2013, Janelle Monae said she wants both men and women to "still be attracted to [her]" and expressed support for the LGBTQ community.
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Janelle Monae has said she identifies with both bisexuality and pansexuality.
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