Jodi L. Merriday is one of the most provocative, innovative and colorful writers and vocalist to emerge in her generation. She is noted most commonly as a scholar of African-American culture and aesthetics and as a phenomenal avante guarde jazz vocalist.

More recently her combinations of spoken word, jazz, soul, and crunk have pivoted her to the forefront of new discourse in music. She identifies her music and performance ethos as jazz and aspires to provide social and human justice narratives that provoke a high level of consciousness, deliberation and love.