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Monáe, Janelle

LC control no.no2006100538
Descriptive conventionsrda
LC classificationML420.M5582 Biography
PS3613.O52266
Personal name headingMonáe, Janelle
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Variant(s)Robinson, Janelle Monáe
Other standard no.0000000120233360
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Associated countryUnited States
Birth date1985-12-01
Place of birthKansas City (Kan.)
Field of activitySinging
Rhythm and blues music
Soul music
Hip-hop (Music)
Acting
AffiliationAtlantic Recording Corporation
Wondaland Arts Society
Profession or occupationSingers
Singers
Actors
Actors
Rappers
Rhythm and blues musicians
Soul musicians
Rap musicians
Found inOutKast (Musical group). Idlewild [SR] p2006: insert (Janelle Monaé [sic]; Janelle Monae; vocals)
AllMusic website, September 21, 2006 (Janelle Monáe)
Janelle Monáe WWW site, September 21, 2006 (Janelle Monáe; producer, singer, and actress)
Wikipedia, Apr. 16, 2012 (Janelle Monáe; b. Janelle Monáe Robinson, Dec. 1, 1985, Kansas City, Kan.; American R&B/soul musician) May 19, 2020 (American singer, songwriter, rapper, actress, and producer. She is signed to Atlantic Records, as well as to her own imprint, the Wondaland Arts Society; has stated she identifies with both bisexuality and pansexuality; Genres: Funk, R&B, psychedelic soul, hip hop; Categories: African-American singers; African-American songwriters; LGBT African Americans)
Spanos, B. Janelle Monáe frees herself, via Rolling stone website, April 26, 2018, viewed March 18, 2022 ("'Being a queer black woman in America,' she says, taking a breath as she comes out, 'someone who has been in relationships with both men and women -- I consider myself to be a free-ass motherfucker.' She initially identified as bisexual, she clarifies, 'but then later I read about pansexuality and was like, 'Oh, these are things that I identify with too.''")
Cava, L. Janelle Monáe's Dirty computer: an experience immersed in musical activism, via Lucas Cava blog, posted January 16, 2019, viewed March 18, 2022 (Coinciding with the release of Dirty Computer Monáe was featured on a cover story of Rolling Stone where she came out as pansexual)
Associated languageeng