“ Truth is, I had been battling with that name for a while leading up to the decision. I shared how I was feeling with a few close people before making it official, and a lot of them encouraged me to keep La Shana Latrice. They said it’s such a strong artist name and that’s what people already know me by. But the more time went on, and the more I grew—as a woman and as an artist—the less it resonated with the person I was becoming.

What you call yourself holds spiritual weight —it shapes how you show up in the world and how you introduce yourself which is important to me. “