hello.

i am congolese and ivorian from ithaca, ny.

i am a rapper and producer under the monikers sammus and mutha brain.

i am a professor at brown university in the music and multimedia composition program.

i am a member of the steering committee for the science, technology, and society program at brown university.

i am the director of audio at an r&d game studio called glow up games.

i am a member of theKEEPER hip hop collective.

i am the outreach director and an artist ambassador for theKEEPER digital archive.

i was a co-producer of the zero-suits podcast situation about surviving as a creative from 2016 to 2020.

i received my phd in science and technology studies from cornell university in 2019.

i am on the advisory board for the sound arts & industry program at northwestern.

i’m interested in: afrofuturism, black feminist sound studies / studio studies, video game sound design and performance, and hip hop studies and performance.