NEGRESS is a platform that uplifts black femme, women and gender nonconforming artists.

Mandy Harris Williams is a multidisciplinary artist and culture worker. She is from New York City and currently lives in Los Angeles. Her musical practice includes DJing, creative audio-textual landscape design, and singing/writing original electronic and R&B music. She has been featured in Dazed Magazine, Cultured Magazine, NPR, and KCRW and is a frequent radio and podcast guest. She is a founder of Rave Reparations and Salon, two celebratory praxis based organizations in Los Angeles. She is a noted influential cultural pop star, recognized by the Dazed 100 List, Cultured Young Artist’s List, and 2021’s Huffington Post Culture Shifters List.