“In choosing the the creative direction for Women’s Month, we wanted to feature artists on the cover who aren’t musicians but contribute to urban culture just as much as rappers do,” says The Plug editor Mercia Tucker. “Dancers, DJs, even fine artists shape the culture that young people are consumed by without necessarily being the focal point of it. We need to be representative of those artists and the spaces that they occupy. Breaking free of the stereotypes of what success means in this space, essentially. Dancing to their own tune, as it were.” Check it out below.
Image by Haneem Christian
Styled by Ama Zama of DNA Styling Agency
Makeup by Caroline Greeff
