If you want to know what it’s like to be mentored by Prince, act in an Oscar-winning film or collaborate with Grace Jones, now is the time to ask the multi-hyphenate star
After releasing her fourth studio album The Age of Pleasure last year and appearing in Netflix’s hit mystery film Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery, vocalist and actor Janelle Monáe has cemented herself as a bona fide pop-cultural force. Ready to embark on a UK tour, she will join us to answer your questions about her expansive career which you can post in the comments below.
Born in Kansas as Janelle Monáe Robinson, the musician and actor has now been in the entertainment business for almost two decades. She began singing at church during childhood and got involved with local theatre in her teens. Monáe then went to New York City on a scholarship to study musical theatre – and was the only African American woman in her classes.