Rapsody

Chika plays a Tiny Desk concert. (Max Posner/NPR). Max Posner/NPR hide caption

The album art for Rapsody's "12 Problems." Courtesy of the artist hide caption

Big Boi performs a Tiny Desk Concert on Oct. 1, 2018. Morgan Noelle Smith/NPR hide caption

Lil Baby performs during a Juneteenth voter registration rally on June 19, 2020 at Murphy Park Fairgrounds in Atlanta, Ga. One week earlier, he released "The Bigger Picture," a song protesting police brutality. Paras Griffin/Getty Images hide caption

Nubya Garcia's latest single "Pace" is all about diving into the many layers of joy. Adama Jalloh/Courtesy of the artist hide caption

Pusha T performs at the 2019 Coachella Valley Music And Arts Festival in April 2019. Push's latest single, "Coming Home" is on this week's Heat Check. Kevin Winter/Getty Images hide caption

Bon Iver's i,i appears on NPR Music's best albums of August. Graham Tolbert/Courtesy of the artist hide caption

WALKING LIKE A PANTHER: Rapsody celebrates the legacy of black women with Eve, out August 23. Jose Gongora/Courtesy of the artist hide caption

CATCH THE WAVE: Rapsody returns with her third full-length, Eve, on August 24. YouTube Screenshot by NPR/Courtesy of the artist hide caption

St. Vincent performs at O2 Apollo Manchester in October 2017 in Manchester, England. Shirlaine Forrest/WireImage/Getty Images hide caption

Rapsody released Laila's Wisdom, her sophomore album and first since partnering with Jay-Z's Roc Nation, in September. Roc Nation/Courtesy of the artist hide caption

NPR Music's top five albums of the year. (Clockwise from upper left) Process by Sampha, DAMN. by Kendrick Lamar, Melodrama by Lorde, Crtl by SZA and Capacity by Big Thief. Courtesy of the artists hide caption

Rapsody's new album, Laila's Wisdom, comes out Sept. 22. Kevin Mazur/Getty Images for Anheuser-Busch hide caption

Tiny Desk Concert with Rapsody Jun Tsuboike/NPR hide caption