It's been a while since Janelle Monáe’s last album -- 2013's The Electric Lady -- but in that time, Monáe has been coming into her own, an impressive accomplishment for someone who already came across ...

As the opener of Janelle Monae’s newest record bursts into its second track, the fluorescent pop-rap fusion of “Crazy Classic Life,” I can hear traces of the expansive synth-crazed ‘80s I was born ...

Janelle Monae dropped a video today for “I Like That,” the fourth song to be released from her forthcoming third full-length album and “emotion picture,” “Dirty Computer,” which drops on Friday. She ...

Janelle Monáe rarely goes more than a few minutes on her new album, “Dirty Computer,” without evoking the hardship and injustice that color the American experience for so many. Police violence, pay ...

Janelle Monae’s Dirty Computer landed at No. 2 on our 2018 critic poll’s best albums list. Check out the poll here, and our thoughts on the album’s impact below. Although Janelle Monae spent years at ...

Put some champagne in your chalice and find a comfortable seat on the couch because on Thursday, April 26 Janelle Monáe is premiering her Dirty Computer short film. The 44-minute "emotion pic," as she ...

Singer and actress Janelle Monáe’s Afro-futuristic collection of short stories is about to hit the shelves. Titled, The Memory Librarian and Other Stories of Dirty Computer, the book is an expansion ...

Unpacking the meaning behind her new album and short film Adapted from a story by The Washington Post’s Sonia Rao. Janelle Monáe came out as pansexual in a Rolling Stone interview published April 26, ...

It has been a very big year for Janelle Monáe. She was named trailblazer of the year at Billboard's Women in Music awards, woman of the year by Glamour. She came out as pansexual in a sprawling ...

In a new sci-fi book, musician Janelle Monáe expands on themes from her Grammy-nominated album "Dirty Computer" to tell stories about a community of individuals whose identities are being erased. The ...

The Red & Black is a 501c3 nonprofit. Please consider a one-time gift or become a monthly supporter. Cancel anytime. Janelle Monáe’s latest album “Dirty Computer” may be, in some ways, considered a ...

The artist builds on the Afrofuturistic world from her 2018 album in a new short story collection titled The Memory Librarian. She tells NPR about... Janelle Monáe's 'Dirty Computer' comes alive in a ...