Quote of the day
With me poetry has been not a purpose, but a passion; and the passions should be held in reverence: they must not — they cannot at will be excited, with an eye to the paltry compensations, or the more paltry commendations, of mankind.
Meshell Ndegeocello

Born: August 29, 1968 (age 56)
Bio: Meshell Ndegeocello is an American singer-songwriter, rapper, bassist, and vocalist. She has gone by the name Meshell Suhaila Bashir-Shakur which is used as a writing credit on some of her later work.
Known for:
- Peace Beyond Passion (1996)
- Plantation Lullabies (1993)
- Comfort Woman (2003)
- Bitter (1999)