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As a Black Canadian female country singer, Shelley Hamilton is a self-identified unicorn in the music industry. She’s also a beautiful polymath: singer, actor, host, producer and writer. And, she is Nova Scotian Métis. She recently released a collaborative album, Constitution, as part of The Afro-Métis Nation, celebrating her Black and Indigenous heritage. Over a 3-year span, she worked with several notable artists, including George Elliot Clarke, Canada’s Poet Laureate (2016–17), exploring the undocumented history and rich roots of “Africadians.”
Hamilton has performed in Dubai and Japan; snagged a Juno; and can shift seamlessly from a cappella to standup comedy. She has belted out the Rolling Stones classic “Gimme Shelter” beside the very legend herself, Mary Clayton.
She was awarded 2019 Artist of the Year at the African Nova Scotian Music Association Awards and was the featured artist of the
