Yaya Bey is A NEW YORK BORN AND RAISED R&B vocalist, and multidisciplinary artist whose music captures the full spectrum of lived experience with honesty, wit, and emotional depth.

A prolific creator since the mid-2010s, Yaya Bey first gained widespread attention with her 2020 full-length Madison Tapes, which propelled her into a record deal with the influential Big Dada label. She continued to build her catalogue with the acclaimed EP The Things I Can’t Take With Me (2021) and her breakthrough album Remember Your North Star (2022), which received critical praise including Pitchfork’s “Best New Music” designation and recognition across major music publications.

Bey’s subsequent releases further expanded her artistic range: the reflective Exodus the North Star EP (2023), the introspective and socially conscious Ten Fold (2024), and do it afraid (2025), a work that embraces joy and resilience while confronting life’s complexities. Her music blends deeply personal narratives with broader cultural and political insights, resonating with listeners worldwide.

Beyond her studio work, Yaya Bey is a dynamic performer and visual artist whose work has been featured in galleries and hailed for its emotional honesty and genre-bending creativity. She draws inspiration from her lived experience, community, and ancestral lineage—crafting songs that are as thoughtful as they are soulful.