Mélange Lavonne

Mélange Lavonne is an American rapper active in the homo hop movement, a subgenre of hip hop performed by LGBTQ artists. Her songs focus on issues such as social equality, discrimination, and faith. and attended Luther Burbank High School in Sacramento, California. She was later diagnosed with thyroid cancer, a possible result of previous radiation treatments. The album addresses themes of domestic violence, AIDS, gang culture, and climate change.

Lavonne toured as part of HomoRevolution, the first LGBT hip-hop tour, in 2007 and 2008. She also appeared on the Southern California version of Showtime at the Apollo.

2013: A Walk in My Shoes In 2013, Lavonne released a studio album, A Walk in My Shoes. In an interview, she called it "a bit more relaxed, more addressing entertainment, a party atmosphere. My last CD was more on the activist level."

Influences Lavonne grew up listening to Tears for Fears, Duran Duran, and Michael Bublé. She has cited LGBT hip-hop artist Deadlee as one of her influences, saying, "he definitely paved the way, he wasn't afraid to be himself, he wasn't afraid to rap about basically being gay, as a gay male I know it's a little bit harder."

Personal life Lavonne is lesbian, coming out publicly in 2007 with the release of her song "Gay Bash".