Interview with Guest Artist India.Arie

India.Arie is respected worldwide by her fans and the music industry community for her incredible talent as a singer, songwriter, and performer. She earned seven Grammy nominations for her 2001 double-platinum debut Acoustic Soul, featuring her first hit single “Video,” followed in 2002 by the platinum-selling and critically acclaimed Voyage to India, 2006’s gold-certified Testimony: Vol. 1, Life & Relationship and its 2009 sequel, Testimony: Vol. 2, Love & Politics.  

With over 10 million albums sold worldwide, the award-winning artist has performed on such prestigious TV specials as the Kennedy Center Honors, the NAACP Awards and the Grammy Awards. Her songs have been featured in motion pictures, including A Shark’s Tale, Diary of a Mad Black Woman, and Sex and the City. She has played alongside Stevie Wonder, Sting, Elton John, Bette Midler, and Michael McDonald, to name a few.

Join us for a talk with India.Arie about her journey as an artist, the soulfulness and sincerity of her music, her e-book release titled SongVersation: I Am Light, about colorism and being a black woman in America and in the public’s eye, and more.