NIKKI LYNETTE (she/her) is a social impact artist whose individual style is equal parts hip hop, alternative, and pop. A Chicago native, Nikki fuses mental health activism into her performances & visual art. A proud independent artist, her self-produced tunes are currently featured in popular shows on Netflix, Hulu, Showtime, and more. Lynette’s success in music licensing has earned its own accolades, including a prominent feature in Billboard Magazine and being invited to speak on a panel at South By Southwest. After a hiatus from releasing new music, Nikki Lynette returned to the public eye with a confession: she’d secretly been battling mental health issues. She began writing articles about depression and suicide for prominent sites like BlackDoctor, Afropunk, and AllHipHop. She recently gave her first TEDx Talk as a part of TEDx Princeton Women. A proud ambassador for the National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI), Nikki's musical about depression "Get Out Alive" made her the first Black female playwright to be produced by American Music Theatre Project, and the first AMTP work to debut at Steppenwolf Theatre Company. During the pandemic, Nikki raised funding to adapt "Get Out Alive" to film, and tickets to view it can be purchased at igetoutalive.com.