Aela Hopeful Monster – The Sylvia Plath of rap

Street Meets Soul • Blues-Infused Hip Hop • Chicana recording artist, founder of Your Favorite Monster LLC, and the creator of the LOVESICK lifestyle brand.

A lover of the smell of moss, back seam stockings, street art, and other ephemeral things, Aela Hopeful Monster is a polymath (rapper, songwriter, painter, Ph.D. in Ecology, and an environmental justice advocate) born in Los Angeles and residing in New York City. Her albums include Lovesick, Storybook, Confessional Poetry, and Neo G-Funk. Also known as the Sylvia Plath of rap, for her highly narrative and personal form of writing, Aela Hopeful Monster experiments with different styles of soul-, blues-, and jazz-infused hip hop, sampled loops, and Cali G-funk. She has collaborated with producers from around the world including TooBusy (Switzerland), Nicholas Craven (Canada), Camoflauge Monk (Buffalo, NY), and Mofak (France).