PLAYDATES is an ode to early youth and meant to mimic drunken slurs juxtaposing games and sought normalcy in childhood. Telling a dark resilient and beautiful coming of age story through board game and video game metephors depicting over acheivement, betrayal, depression, poverty, friends relying on while oblivious to plights of the artist, and heartbreak, all in light of a higher power sought as rescue from disenfranchisement, loss, and more.. PLAYDATES

Song is circa 2015 was really a writing prompt I made for myself to mention games and tell a story. I added to it over time between writings. Glad to share. Felt right to release it under my former stage name. Growth is fun... Sometimes just doing stuff is too. It is well...

To child(hoods). Good and bad. And to any guys girls who had to grow up when they couldn't out hoody pretty.

wabi sabi : imperfection, transience, and naturalness

PLAYDATES

Written and performed by : The Gem Of Shaolin

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Fueled largely by inner dialogues on Blackness, philosophy, and spirituality, Nahla Gem utilizes imagery-laden poetics to uncover her thoughts and emotions, and connect with listeners. Her content brilliantly touches on a combination of enigmatic, surreal, yet cerebral, and earnest subject matter. Containing extremely abstract elements, her work is also vastly candid and introspective. Nahla Gem "The Gem Of Shaolin", acts as a title for Alva Krystal Wilson, a Black Afro-Latina rapper, singer, songwriter, producer, poet, and activist from Gary, IN.

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