YahZarah Hayti Heritage Center

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YahZarah

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YahZarah is a fearless and genre-defying artist whose powerful voice and dynamic stage presence have made her one of the most celebrated figures in contemporary music. Honored at the Kennedy Center Honors: Beyond the Broadcast series, recognized at the Apollo Theater for her 25-year contribution to music, and awarded the Presidential Lifetime Achievement Award by President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris, her influence reaches far beyond the stage. Her acclaimed album The Ballad of Purple St. James received GRAMMY consideration in six categories, cementing her as a singular creative force.

Spanning rock & roll, jazz, R&B, gospel, funk, and cinematic soul, YahZarah creates music that is both futuristic and rooted in ancestral truth. She has toured and recorded with icons including Erykah Badu, Lenny Kravitz, Prince, Anderson .Paak, Bilal Oliver, Elvis Costello, Raheem DeVaughn, the Roots, and the Foreign Exchange. Her song “Running” was handpicked by Spike Lee for his Netflix series She’s Gotta Have It. Most recently, YahZarah produced and scored music for Hulu’s Washington Black, starring Sterling K. Brown.

Whether performing with symphonies, creating in the studio, or scoring for film and television, YahZarah is the rare artist who doesn’t just step onto the stage—she transforms it.

upcoming

Open Stu: Juneteenth Edition

Moonchild: The Life and Music of Yusuf Salim - Durham Premiere

Brandee Younger

Keith Knight Moderated by Mark Anthony Neal

Branford Marsalis Quartet

Hayti Heritage Film Festival

Hayti Dialogues: A Conversation with Melissa Harris-Perry

Hayti Dialogues: In Conversation with Brit Bennett Reimagining Black Identity: The Interplay of Race, Place, and Power in the American South

Monét Noelle Marshall

Co-presentation with ADF

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