In a recent interview with The Hollywood Reporter, singer-songwriter Lachi shares how she uses her platform to celebrate disability awareness, advice for those with similar intersecting identities and how she uses her glam canes and cornrows as a cultural fashion statement.

If you're not familiar with Lachi, she's a globally touring recording artist, personality and award-winning social entrepreneur. She's also the founder/CEO of RAMPD (an organization we've highlighted on the Daily-ish before), and works to amplify Disability Culture in the music industry and beyond.

I believe that someone’s fashion, someone’s style, the way they show up in the world, it says a good amount about their self-expression. To me, I use fashion to celebrate all parts of myself. But beyond that, I use it to elevate the different parts of my identity that I recognize folks need to know, see, and hear more about. So it’s why I definitely lean into my disability pride and culture with my glam canes. 

Read the full interview below!

Lachi Leans Into the Intersections of Her Identity Through Fashion, Music and Activism

For “THR Looks,” the multifaceted artist chats about her journey to self-acceptance: “Society’s going to do everything it can to make you hide the deepest parts of yourself.”

The Hollywood ReporterAnaja I. Smith

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