Imani Uzuri is an American vocalist and composer. Uzuri has collaborated with artists across various disciplines including co-writing and singing the song "Be Still" for

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's album '' Future 2 Future''. In 2012, Uzuri released her second album, ''The Gypsy Diaries'', which was funded with a

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campaign. In January 2013, she appeared with the singer Morley at

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. Uzuri was a 2015 Park Avenue Armory

artist-in-residence Artist-in-residence (also Writer-in-residence), or artist residencies, encompass a wide spectrum of artistic programs that involve a collaboration between artists and hosting organisations, institutions, or communities. They are programs that pr ...

. March 2016 marked Uzuri's

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's American Songbook series debut.

Personal life

Uzuri identifies as

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Uzuri, Imani Year of birth missing (living people) Living people Place of birth missing (living people) Bisexual women musicians Bisexual singers American bisexual women American bisexual musicians American LGBTQ singers African-American LGBTQ people American soul singers African-American feminists African-American women composers American feminist musicians American musicians of Nigerian descent 21st-century African-American women singers 21st-century American women singers LGBTQ women singers