Fly Zyah, an 11-year-old rapper recognized as one of the Kennedy Center’s “Next 50” cultural leaders, performs at the center in D.C. on March 25. (Julia Nikhinson for The Washington Post)
Fly Zyah walked onto the stage in her purple, metallic Doc Martens and the crowd cheered.
“Are y’all ready to have some fun?!” she asked the audience. A woman yelled in response: “Let’s go, Fly Zyah!”
Sixth-grader Zyah Brown was the youngest artist onstage for the Kennedy Center’s “Sounds of the DMV: Hip Hop Showcase” this spring. Although the four other performers that night were adults, Zyah knew she could hold her own.
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