Slimeroni

In bitingly astute observations, Slimeroni distills her reality in real-time. Born to a single mother in Memphis, Tennessee, tensions were articulated in her journal — the rapper’s earliest experimentation with lyric-writing — as art became a refuge. Amid ongoing instability, music became the constant. Raised by generations of women, Slimeroni cultivated genre and era-spanning tastes. When she attended college for criminology and fashion merchandising, music graduated from fascination to obsession. Soon Slimeroni – a fusion of her adolescent nickname and the endearing term “tenderoni”– became one of Memphis’ foremost musical acts. Tapped by HitKidd for a collaboration with her rap contemporaries, Slimeroni released “Set The Tone” and secured her first viral smash in “Shabooya” — an irreverent reimagining of the beloved chant that’s surpassed 20 million views on YouTube alone. “I knew ‘Shabooya’ was good, but the way that it took off? I did not expect that. I’m not thinking like, ‘I’ve got to make a hit.’ I want my songs to do well, but it will come when it’s supposed to come. It’s gangster and Memphis but it’s got this femininity to it too,” she says of her sound. Since embarking on a nationwide tour with fellow Tennessean GloRilla, audiences everywhere are learning what Slimeroni has known all along: she’s an artist able to articulate the angst of a generation and keep them entertained.