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After touring with Beyoncé, Divinity Roxx brings positive vibes to children's music

Beyoncé's former music director and bassist has a new children's album and book project, which she hopes will instill positivity in young listeners.
Bassist, songwriter and rapper Divinity Roxx has a new children's album & book project.

Divinity Roxx, best known for playing bass in Beyoncé's all female band, is making her mark on the family music scene. From start to finish, her new album, Ready, Set, Go, is about positivity in mind and body.

Divinity says that as she was writing the album, she thought "about the kid inside of me," as well as her nieces and nephews.

"A lot of times they're listening to adult music, and these concepts are too mature for them, and I don't like to hear them singing some of these lyrics," she says. She set out to write "a jam that's appropriate for a five year old, that makes them feel good about

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