Mimi Tempestt Live!!

On Friday, October 30th, 2020, Mimi Tempestt took over our Instagram page! Mimi’s work is featured in our first Zine, BLAC Imaginarium. In her Instagram Live performance, Mimi performed her song, Sandra Was a Friend of Mine.

Sandra Was a Friend of Mine is available to listen to in our digital Zine, as well as on all streaming platforms.

Mimi Tempestt is a California Queen. Born and raised in Los Angeles, she began her quest into music and artistry in the underground Hip-Hop and Queer scene of Downtown LA, beginning in 2013. Since then, she has graced many respected stages, and is featured in several publications that include Voyage LA and LA Record. Her most recent release, Radio Imagination, is an homage to the creativity of Hip-Hop against the machine of everyday radio. She has a MA in Literature from Mills College, and is currently a graduate student in the Critical/Creative PhD in Literature at UC Santa Cruz. Her debut collection of poems, The Monumental Misrememberings, is forthcoming with Co-Conspirator Press in November 2020. Mimi was chosen for Lambda Literary Writers Retreat for Emerging LGBTQ Voices for poetry in 2021, and is currently a creative fellow at The Ruby in San Francisco.⁣