Artist
Meshell Ndegeocello
US singer-songwriter/poet/bassist Michelle Lynn Johnson
West Berlin, West Germany · b. 1968
Meshell Ndegeocello is a musician from West Berlin, West Germany, active since 1968. Their discography on Gatefold includes 10 records.
10
Albums tracked
22
In collections
1968
Since
Biography
Meshell Ndegeocello is an American singer-songwriter, bassist, vocalist, and activist. Born on August 29, 1968 in West Berlin (Germany) as Michelle Lynn Johnson, and raised in Washington DC (USA) where she learned her musical craft by playing in go-go bands in the late 1980s. Before her debut album she adopted the Me'Shell NdegéOcello surname, which she says means "free like a bird" in Swahili, which she has since started spelling Meshell Ndegeocello. She has also used the nom de plume Meshell Suhaila Bashir-Shakur. Ndegeocello has been nominated for 10 Grammy Awards (and counting).
Daughter of "Saxman" Jacques T. Johnson Sr. (opens in a new tab).
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Mother.
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