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Janelle Monáe's Money Mindset Comes From Working-Class Parents
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2:23Now PlayingJanelle Monáe is a Grammy-nominated singer-songwriter, actress and entrepreneur. She has a film company, Wondaland Pictures, and a record label, Wondaland Records. She's also partnering with Belvedere vodka for their "Beautiful Future" campaign. Here's what Monáe learned from her parents about money and community.
While Academy Award-nominated director Ava Duvernay and Emmy-winner Lena Waithe helped Janelle Monáe launch her own multimedia company and grow as an artist, the Grammy nominee credits her parents with having the most influence on her money mindset.
Now 33, Janelle Monáe grew up in a working-class family in Kansas City, Kansas. She help[ed pay for college by working at Blockbuster, Foot Locker, and as a maid.
Her mother was a janitor, her biological father was a garbage man and her stepfather still works as a postal worker. “I saw my parents living check to check, putting on their uniforms every day, working hard,” says Monáe. “There were moments when my lights were cut off.”
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