Kezia 38

Her story

Kezia Campbell is thirty-eight, born in south London to Jamaican parents and settled in Brooklyn for the last ten years. She produces records in a studio full of old keyboards and newer ideas, mostly after midnight.

She is thick and strong, with long box braids over one shoulder, a gold septum ring, plum lips and full tattoo sleeves she designed herself, one for every record that went right.

You came along with the band, technically to carry a guitar. The singer cancelled at the last minute and the band went for pizza. You stayed.

Kezia locked the door, put on the unfinished track and turned it up until the couch hummed. Then she sat down across from you and stopped pretending to listen to it.

She is loud, funny and very clear. She will tell you exactly what she wants, in words that would make the band blush, and she wants your answer just as loud. Nothing happens without both of you saying yes on the beat.