For Your Grammy Consideration-QUEEN SHEBA "A Hurricane In Heels"

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

QUEEN SHEBA ANNOUNCES 11TH ALBUM “A HURRICANE IN HEELS: healed people don’t act like that” –––THE MOST AMBITIOUS SPOKEN WORD-POETRY RECORD OF HER CAREER---

ATLANTA, GA — August 28, 2025 — Two-time consecutive GRAMMY® nominee Queen Sheba returns with A HURRICANE IN HEELS: healed people don’t act like that—a high-production, live-wired Spoken Word-Poetry album partially recorded at City Winery venues nationwide. After presenting on the GRAMMY stage earlier this year and earning back-to-back nominations (2024 & 2025), Queen Sheba enters this season as a leading contender with a body of work that pushes the genre’s sound, scope, and cultural footprint forward while chronicling healing in real time.

The album is both a craft leap and a testimony. In 2023, Queen Sheba survived a traumatic brain injury and rebuilt her voice, memory, and method piece by piece. That climb powers these performances—live, intimate, and meticulously produced—bridging the urgency of the stage with the polish of the studio. Industry peers consistently describe Sheba as “easy to work with,” “a natural leader,” and “the artist the poetry community trusts.” Twenty-four years into a global career, she delivers the sharpest writing, the cleanest mixes, and the most charismatic performances of her catalog.

Star collaborators amplify the record’s reach: Divinity Roxx—master bassist and Hip-Hop artist who launched to global fame as Beyoncé’s musical low-end engine—lays thunder under Sheba’s wordplay; Albe Back (poet/MC, ATL) sparks cinematic chemistry; and returning GRAMMY-nominated producers D Bottz and Mike Blayz—with credits spanning legends from Big Daddy Kane to Raheem DeVaughn—anchor a sonic palette that is both modern and unmistakably Sheba. Their camp sought Sheba out after her last album because her work resonates across scenes and generations. The result: the most fully realized Queen Sheba album to date.

Queen Sheba’s leadership extends off-record: Atlanta GRAMMY Chapter member since 2008; multi-year GRAMMY U mentor; educator and curator who has championed poets on major stages while modeling professional excellence. Colleagues know her as decisive, accountable, and generous—qualities heard in the music and felt in the room.

“This album is what healing sounds like while the sutures are still fresh,” says Queen Sheba. “We performed these poems with the audience breathing next to us, then produced them like records. That tension—live truth and studio precision—is the point.”
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THE ALBUM

A Hurricane in Heels captures every side of Sheba — from razor-sharp wordplay to vulnerable confession — even leaving in the hilarious, off-the-cuff banter from the live tracks so audiences experience the full range of her personality and pen.

Spotlight Tracks (Radio/Editorial Ready)

• “Rescue Construction (rush)” — An anthemic build of strings, bass, and soaring hooks where Sheba architects survival into a blueprint. Big chorus, big drums, undeniable replay value.
• “So What!?”-A positive twist to breaking up, ft. Divinity Roxx & Darien Alexander — cheeky, lyrical, and unapologetic, with two surprise master bassists and Hip-Hop twist.
• “Barbie On Fire” — ft. Bella Blaq & Spaceman Shawty — the fiery, radio-ready closer. A fierce, witty breakout from performative love into self-possession—summer-club energy with quotable bars and a hook that sticks. Bella Blaq, new co-star on STARZ’s P-Valley Season 3, joins rising Atlanta Hip-Hop star and 2x GRAMMY participant Spaceman Shawty for a bold, unforgettable album finale.
• “45/47 (DONALD!)” — Perfectly timed for the Democratic National Convention news cycle; a sharp, galvanizing live cut that belongs on every Democratic platform and on MSNBC/CNN panels until 45/47 is out of office.
• “Life In The Fast Brain” — Neurodivergent brilliance scored like a film cue; propulsive production turns introspection into motion.
  

“A Hurricane in Heels” also features cathartic standouts like “Prodigal Mom,” “Love Is Not a Contract to Suffer,” and “My Name Is Not ‘Beth.’” Across the project, Sheba pairs middle-and-end rhyme with theater-grade storytelling, lifting Spoken Word-Poetry to arena-ready scale without losing the breath-to-breath humanity that made her essential.

Queen Sheba has learned to accept the apologies she will never receive & continued anyway - With A HURRICANE IN HEELS, Sheba delivers the benchmark Spoken Word-Poetry album of the year—bold in message, elite in sound, and built for culture-shifting moments.

THE IMPACT

A Hurricane in Heels is bold. It’s unapologetic. It will have you putting tracks on repeat, singing along to Spoken Word, and wondering why no one told you poetry could make you feel like this.

For Your GRAMMY Consideration — in the Spoken Word-Poetry category — A Hurricane in Heels: healed people don’t act like that.

Queen Sheba. The hurricane. The healer. The woman who turned two near-death experiences, a broken heart, a brain injury, and triumphs into an album the world will never remove from their list of favorites.

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BOOKING & LINKS

Gavin the Manager: bookingqueensheba@gmail.com
Bio/EPK: www.thequeensheba.live/bio
IG/TikTok: @thequeensheba & @poetryvshiphop
Facebook & LinkedIn: Bethsheba A. Rem

TRACK LISTING

1. Rescue Construction (rush) ft. Albe Back & Tamisha Michele Waden
2. So What!? ft. Divinity Roxx, & Tamisha Michele Waden & Darrien Alexander of Fertile Ground
3. Why Chaos Turns Me On — LIVE @ City Winery Nashville (ft. YoshiHanna)
4. Healed People Don’t Act Like That — LIVE @ City Winery Nashville
5. Interlude — LIVE @ City Winery Chicago
6. 45/47 (DONALD!) — LIVE @ City Winery Chicago
7. Choice by Malachi Rivers ft. Queen Sheba & Malcolm Hyneman
8. Prodigal Mom ft. Classique516 & Phillippia Williams
9. Love Is Not a Contract to Suffer
10. A Poem For Malcolm ft. Jamellow & Melodic Touch — LIVE @ City Winery ATL
11. And… You’re Beautiful, Too — LIVE @ City Winery Nashville
12. My Name Is Not ‘Beth’ — LIVE @ The Movement by Mellowvzn (Atlanta)
13. Life In The Fast Brain
14. Barbie On Fire ft. Bella Blaq & Spaceman Shawty

THE TEAM BEHIND THE STORM

Produced by an elite roster of music visionaries:

• Mike Blayz (Raleigh, NC) — Producer on Queen Sheba’s 2025 Grammy-nominated album; credits include Big Daddy Kane, Jamie Foxx, Lil Boosie, Raheem DeVaughn, Tonio Armani.
• Mat Leffler-Schulman (@mobtownstudios) — Mastering Engineer for Jon Batiste, Beach House, Ice Cube, and more.
• D Bottz (Houston, TX) — GRAMMY NOMINATED PRODUCER - With over 70 million records sold worldwide that feature his production, 6 time Grammy nominated/Multi Platinum Davion (D.) Bottz has already established himself as one of the Industry's hottest producers. Hailing from Houston’s Nawfside, this self taught musician has worked with the likes of UGK, Mike Jones, Mya, Fantasia, Chrisette Michelle, Devin the Dude, Slim Thug, Kirko Bangz, Letoya Luckett, and he had his big breakout hit “Goin Crazy” (#1 Billboard 100) by Natalie D.!
• FYA (Fire) (Atlanta, GA) — Produced for Malik Yusef, NLE Choppa, and more.
• Mix Engineer Twan The God (Glass House Studios, ATL)He’s signed to Roc Nation and ⅓ of the creative collective 6lement, known for Executive Production on Ryan Trey’s latest project SSYMM, Executive producing Calboy’s project Black Heart and working alongside basketball and rap phenom Flau'jae. Along with this success Joshua Antwan also has credits with major artists such as NBA Youngboy and Chris Brown.

Featured Artists: Divinity Roxx Bass & Hip-Hop, Bella Blaq Hip-Hop & Singer, Albe Back Hip-Hop/Poetry, Phillippia Williams-Singer, Classique-Violin, Yoshihanna-Singer, Spaceman Shawty-Hip-Hop, Malcolm Hyneman-Singer, Malachi Rivers-Poet, Darrien Alexander-Bassist of Fertile Ground, Tamisha Michele Waden-SingerProducers: D Bottz-Houston, TX, Mike Blayz-Raleigh, NC, FYA Man-Atlanta, GA, Jaden “Jay Mac” McClain-Guest Producer, Harold Anthony Simmons-Guest Producer,Twan The God|Glass House Studios ATL|ROC Nation-Guest Producer & Mix Engineer, Mastered by Mat Leffler-Schulman

FOR YOUR GRAMMY CONSIDERATION IN THE SPOKEN WORD-POETRY CATEGORY

QUEEN SHEBA|ATL

“A HURRICANE IN HEELS: healed people don’t act like that”

Partially recorded LIVE @City Winery & other places

*available on TIDAL, YouTube & all streaming platforms

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