Leikeli47 has announced Shape Up, the third and final installment in her “Beauty Series” trilogy. Due from Hardcover/RCA, the album follows 2017’s Wash & Set and 2018’s Acrylic.
In a 2019 interview with The Fader, the Los Angeles-based rapper spoke about how beauty salons are sacred spaces for Black women and how the environment inspired her album series.
“I wanted to create a body of work that spoke to not looking like what you actually are going through,” Leikeli47 said. “When we’re in our nail salons, you never know just how much you relate to the person that’s sitting next to you.”
“Sometimes we walk into our hair salons with a lot on our minds — or maybe it’s a great day, you just never know. But you walk out of there feeling like a million bucks and not looking like anything that you’ve actually been through or going through at the moment,” she continued.
On the 19-track Acrylic, the rapper paid tribute to the Brooklyn neighborhood she grew up in and celebrated Black love and friendship.
Teasing her newest project, Leikeli47 has shared her first single from Shape Up, “BITM,” with a visual showcasing her vogueing abilities.
Leikeli47 Shape Up is out for streaming on April 15.
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