Oompa is a nationally-acclaimed, Boston-born, poet, rapper, and educator, who is forever representing the queer, black, orphaned, hood kids and 'nem. Oompa is the winner of the 2017 Women of the World Poetry Slam, and a finalist at the 2017 National Poetry Slam. She has been featured in Huffington Post, Boston Globe, Boston Herald, NPR Boston’s The ARTery, Vanyaland, among others. Oompa's debut album, November 3rd, was named one of Dig Boston's Top 30 Local Albums of 2016 and one of Allston Pudding’s Favorite albums of 2016. She was nominated for Best New Artist at the 2017 Boston Music Awards, Boston Herald’s New Favorites of 2018, and is coming off of her latest performance as the opener for Dead Prez at Brighton Music Hall. She is currently working on her second full-length album and planning The Black Hole Tour of both music and poetry for September.