Shaiwna Adams, known as The Lioness is a native of North Minneapolis, Minnesota. Having started her hip-hop career 15 years ago, she has inevitably become one of the Twin Cities’ premier homegrown artist. The conscious lyricist speaks to the souls of marginalized populations by addressing issues of racial inequalities and social justice, in efforts to encourage and empower youth, women, people of color and indigenous communities across the country.

The Lioness projects include: The Most Anticipated (2011); Lost Tapes (2012); Queen (2013); Growing Pains (2016); and her latest, Greater Vision (2018). Her creativity, originality and captivating sound has earned her opening spots for headliners, such as: I Self Devine, Brother Ali, Astral Blak, Atmosphere, Doomtree, Dem Atlas, Eve, Doug E. Fresh, Dej Loaf and Cyhi the
Prynce. In 2017, she toured with Metasota and Greg Grease on the #BlackExcellenceTour then joined Atmosphere on the Welcome to Colorado Tour. She also commanded the stage at Soundset 2018.

Taking her passion and skills to a broader audience, The Lioness has completed four national tours, which included an European tour with Atmosphere. With her rapidly growing fan base and mission to encourage and inspire, it is only a matter of time before she becomes a global headliner.