Written by The Mixtape Queens There’s a particular kind of courage required to start over when you weren’t finished the first time. For Charlotte-born artist Jerynee, 2025 forced exactly that. She was preparing to release an album when being scammed and hacked cost her the music she had been building toward. Suddenly, an artist who had spent most of her life surrounded by creativity had to find her footing again—not only rebuilding what was lost, but learning to trust her own sound again....

Written by The Mixtape Queens A Voice That Showed Up Before the Music Did Born and raised in Belleville, New Jersey, Kaila Freid’s relationship with music began before she was old enough to understand what having a “gift” even meant. She had been singing since she was three years old, but one of the first moments her parents and grandfather truly recognized something different in her happened almost by accident: a cassette stopped working, and Kaila simply started singing instead. By ten,...

There are artists you hear, and then there are artists you recognize. Not because the industry has already decided for you, but because some artists carry something you can feel before the world has fully caught up. Journey Skye is one of those artists. The Mixtape Queens have always used their platform to amplify the voices of music artists worldwide. From interviews and playlists to artist spotlights and live conversations, but the mission has always been bigger than that. Its about...