Monique DeBose

Monique DeBose is a singer songwriter, playwright, political activist, and podcaster,  from Los Angeles, California.    With BA in Mathematics from the University of California at Berkeley and a Masters in Spiritual Psychology, she brings a unique creative sensibility to her songwriting and artwork.  She honed her singing chops at Billy Higgin’s World Stage Jazz Club in Leimert Park, at the epicenter of the African American cultural community of Los Angeles.  Enormously talented at jazz vocal improvisation, she has performed internationally in India, China, and Europe.  She received rave reviews for her one-woman show “Mulatto Math: Summing Up The Race Equation In America” which won the Producer’s Encore Award at the Hollywood Fringe Festival.  She has been a TEDx performer of her song “Rally Call” which has struck a chord with people worldwide about human rights and the fight against racial prejudice.  The video for Rally Call has been played at the United Nations.  Her new third album, You Are The Sovereign One, has been released and she joins us on Backstory Song to discuss this work.