LaToya Kent

LaToya Kent is a Cleveland vocalist and one of the lead singers of Mourning [A] BLKstar, the Afrofuturist collective that received a Cleveland Arts Prize in 2021 and records for Don Giovanni Records. She sang at the group's first session and is heard on its albums, including Reckoning and The Cycle.

In 2001 she and RA Washington started Cleveland Tapes, a label they describe as an incubator for futurist art, media and music. Her solo album Nothing came out in 2020 on (iN)Sect Records, part of a body of more than 20 solo and collaborative recordings.