Mykki Blanco

Michael David Quattlebaum Jr. is a New York-based performance artist, hip-hop musician and poet who operates under the moniker Mykki Blanco. Blurring the lines between the prescribed images of rap artist masculinity, drag queen femininity and homosexuality, he morphs between a young, gay urban kid and his female alter ego, though he explains there is no difference between the two. Founder of NO FEAR performance art collective, Mykki Blanco creates music with the mission to not only combat discrimination but to shatter gender barriers.