Bassist, singer, songwriter, and bandleader Meshell Ndegeocello brings more than 30 years of fearless musical exploration to The Freight. She has consistently chosen originality and longevity over genre boundaries, moving among soul, R&B, jazz, hip-hop, and rock while pursuing questions of love, justice, respect, and resolution.

Ndegeocello’s warm, melodic bass sound anchors music that has expanded expectations for women, queer artists, and Black creative expression. A Grammy winner and influential collaborator, she remains an artist who writes the music, sings the songs, and leads the band on her own terms.