Hip-Hop duo formed by MC Genesis Blu (Best Rapper Houston Chronicle) from Houston Texas and Multi-Instrumentalist Kristen Ford from Nashville, TN. The Blu Janes collaborate on Conscious music to move your soul and your soles. The duo has performed in multiple states, at festival stages, and are working on new materials all the time.
A positive explosion of real instruments live looping, and a flow curated over years of mixed tapes and a deep love of classic rap is a new page in the book of hip-hop. The Blu Janes is more than a musical collaboration, but a soundtrack for those voices underrepresented and a bridge between cultures assumed black or white. You are all invited to be The Blu Janes- regardless of Gender, Race, Class, Religion, Sexual Orientation or Geography, this is our time. The Blu Janes has arrived.
MC Genesis Blu is a rapper based in Houston, Texas, named 2016’s Best Rapper by the Houston Press. Kristen Ford is a looper, singer-songwriter and road warrior based in Nashville, Tennessee. The Blu Janes are a driven duo while pursuing solo careers in different cities, manage to collaborate via satellite, and while passing through the same city. Their debut EP has received acclaim as “catchy, authentic, and effortlessly feminist. They’re just cool, in a timeless and eternal way that will never go out of style.” -Rainbox Exotic with the single “Gemini” racking up over 5,000 plays on youtube.
The Blu Janes, positive hip hop for your soul to your soles.