Noname addresses Jay Electronica’s antisemitism verse

Last week, rapper and musician Noname released her second studio album, ‘Sundial’. Jay Electronica features on the third track ‘balloons’, spouting antisemitism. Noname has responded by saying that listener disappointment doesn’t phase her.

Chicago rapper and poet Noname released her second studio album ‘Sundial’ last week. She has received sizeable criticism for her inclusion of an antisemitic verse by Jay Electronica.

Known for her jazzy instrumentals and neo soul influences, Noname is considered a significant artist within Chicago’s hip hop scene. She found widespread success in 2016 with her debut mixtape ‘Telefone’ and is part of a musical group called Ghetto Stage. This is a trio between Noname and two fellow artists, Saba and Smino.

Following her 2018 album ‘Room 25’, she would go on to create the Noname Book Club, which focuses on and discusses uplifting texts by POC voices.