| LC control no. | no2006100538 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| LC classification | ML420.M5582 Biography PS3613.O52266 |
| Personal name heading | Monáe, Janelle |
| Variant(s) | Robinson, Janelle Monáe |
| Other standard no. | 0000000120233360 Q234356 31757465 ee190f6b-7d98-43ec-b924-da5f8018eca0 mn0000868086 nm1847117 |
| Associated country | United States |
| Birth date | 1985-12-01 |
| Place of birth | Kansas City (Kan.) |
| Field of activity | Singing Rhythm and blues music Soul music Hip-hop (Music) Acting |
| Affiliation | Atlantic Recording Corporation Wondaland Arts Society |
| Profession or occupation | Singers Singers Actors Actors Rappers Rhythm and blues musicians Soul musicians Rap musicians |
| Found in | OutKast (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 language | eng |
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