Emily Ballhouse

Canadian RnB/Pop Artist, Emily Ballhouse, is from Mineville, Nova Scotia, 15 mins from North Preston, Canada’s largest Indigenous Black Community. Heavily influenced by the extraordinary gospel music coming out of Saint Thomas Baptist Church in North Preston, she carried these soulful influences with her into all of her singing, including her operatic studies and pursuits spanning 10 years. She never imagined that her varied background was preparing her for singing on the streets of Oakland, CA with gospel rapper, P.L.A (Pastor Larry Austin) . Shortly after her first trip to Oakland, CA, PLA founded “All In Nation”, of which Emily Ballhouse is one of its’ founding members (formerly as ‘Emily B’). During this time, ‘Emily B’ released an EP ‘One Step’ (2018) and ‘He Did It’ (2019). ‘All In Nation’ has toured two consecutive years in Nova Scotia, Canada, Oakland, CA, Jackson, MS, McKinney, Texas, Detroit, MI, Los Angeles, CA and Alexandria, LA.