1. Mykki Blanco was born on April 2,1986 and is an American rapper, performance artist, poet and activist.
21 Facts About Mykki Blanco
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Mykki Blanco has collaborated musically with artists including Kanye West, Teyana Taylor, and Blood Orange.
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Mykki Blanco's mother, Deborah Butler, was a paralegal at the North Carolina Patent and Trademark Office.
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At the age of 15, Blanco won an Indies Spirit Award for the performance collective she founded, Paint In Consciousness Experimental Theater, in Raleigh.
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When Mykki Blanco was 16, she ran away from home before moving to New York City.
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Mykki Blanco then spent time in California, before winning a full scholarship to attend the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, but dropped out of college after two semesters in 2006.
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Mykki Blanco briefly attended Parsons School of Design in New York City.
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Mykki Blanco makes an appearance in the album Junto by Basement Jaxx.
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In 2013, Mykki Blanco released her second EP Betty Rubble: The Initiation.
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Mykki Blanco notably was not paid for these contributions until July 2020, more than two years later.
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In 2018, Mykki Blanco collaborated with Kanye West on the track "Bye Bye Baby" for West's scrapped album Yandhi; the track was later leaked.
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The persona Mykki Blanco began as a teenage girl character for a YouTube video in 2010, but evolved into a musical and performance art piece.
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Mykki Blanco's name is inspired by Lil' Kim's alter ego Kimmy Mykki Blanco.
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Mykki Blanco's influences include Lil' Kim, GG Allin, Jean Cocteau, Kathleen Hanna, Lauryn Hill, Rihanna, Marilyn Manson, and Anais Nin.
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In June 2015, Mykki Blanco revealed via her Facebook page that she has been HIV positive since 2011.
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Mykki Blanco made this information public via Facebook during Pride season.
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Mykki Blanco had expressed concern that the music industry would shut her down because of her public announcement: "I thought when I came out that was going to be the end," she says.
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Mykki Blanco began hormone therapy for her gender transition in 2019.
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Mykki Blanco has tattoos of both a Christian cross and a Star of David.
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Mykki Blanco's father is a member of the Church of God and Saints of Christ, a Black Hebrew Israelite denomination.
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In November 2023, Mykki Blanco signed an open letter calling for a ceasefire in the Gaza war and an end to Israel's blockade of the Gaza Strip.