TAMPA – Tampa native and Grammy-award-winning rapper, Doechii, was named Billboard’s 2025 Girl of the 12 months.
Monday’s announcement comes one month after Doechii, whose actual identify is Jaylah Hickmon, gained the Grammy for Greatest Rap Album.
Tampa rapper, Doechii, was named Billboard’s 2025 Girl of the 12 months.
“I name myself the Swamp Princess, as a result of I’m from Tampa, Florida!” Doechii stated through the 67th Grammy Awards in Feb. She talked about Tampa once more in her acceptance speech, encouraging main labels to take a look at the expertise within the Bay Space.
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With this newest award of Girl of the 12 months, the rapper from Blake Excessive College joins previous winners that embody Madonna, Taylor Swift, and Beyonce.
The backstory:
“She’s at all times had it,” Khadijah Jones, Doechii’s former science trainer at Blake Excessive College stated. “And none of this surprises me.”
Jones instructed FOX 13 she remembers one “pivotal dialog” she had with Doechii at some point in science class.
“She really wasn’t engaged on her science, and I knew that she was writing music. I knew it! She was engaged on what her ardour was,” Jones stated. “And we had a dialog about, you understand, that is what you actually need to do. However proper now, to graduate, you bought to deal with what you have to do proper now. And though science will not be your ardour, it is nonetheless one of many steps to commencement that is going to then propel you or get you the place it is advisable go subsequent, which hopefully is your music.”
Doechii launched her third mixtape, Alligator Bites By no means Heal, in August 2024 with ‘Nissan Altima,’ ’Increase Bap’ and ‘Denial Is a River’ launched as singles.
“Belief me, the methods through which she is remodeling how we perceive hip hop — and pop music usually, particularly for girls — you will notice her stamp in all places, as a result of she’s a recreation changer in music,” Aisha Durham, USF communication professor in media and tradition, stated.
Tampa rapper, Doechii, was named Billboard’s 2025 Girl of the 12 months.
The Blake Excessive College grad can be formally honored as Billboard’s 2025 Girl of the 12 months at an awards present in Los Angeles on March 29.
The Hillsborough County public faculty (HCPS) district stated Monday they’re very happy with Doechii and can proceed to pour assets into the district’s music applications to encourage extra college students.
“We’re increasing our applications. We’re increasing our buildings. We’re doing refurbishes on a few of our buildings. And we’re making an attempt to guarantee that we’re getting in entrance of AI (synthetic intelligence) with music know-how being launched in a few our colleges,” Jon Sever, HCPS’ supervisor for secondary music schooling, instructed FOX 13. “So we’re simply making an attempt to remain forward of the curve.”
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