Aja Monet (sometimes stylized in all lowercase) is an American contemporary poet, writer, lyricist and activist based in Los Angeles, CA, United States. She has published many books and poems. Here on Last.fm we will focus on her recorded output, mostly spoken word poetry to a musical background.
In 2019, Monet collaborated with Eryn Allen Kane for Kane's album, A Tree Planted by Water. In 2021, with Smoke Signals Collective, Monet released 'The FREE Tape', a hip-hop-forward, self-described "soundtrack for liberation" made in conjunction with the group's many singers, poets and multi-instrumentalists."
In 2023, Monet released her début album in her own right, when the poems do what they do, featuring Chief Xian aTunde Adjuah, Samora Pinderhughes, Marcus Gilmore, Lonnie Holley, Eryn Allen Kane and Novena Carmel.