*Prana Supreme Diggs, daughter of The RZA, has teamed with her mother, Tekitha Washington, to form the country/hip-hop group O.N.E The Duo.
The mother-daughter act recently dropped their 12-track album “Blood Harmony,” which features their breakout single “Feels Good.” Watch the music video above.
Washington told BET that the album “was a long time coming.”
“I think we’ve been a duo for 23 years. We include when Prana was in the womb and all that stuff,” she shared.
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“I feel like this has actually been a long time coming, and although we’ve only been working on the project and been here in Nashville for seven years, the last two years of us kind of connecting with our partners, the distribution we wanted and needed for the project and finding our sound and honing that in made this timing perfect for us to release now,” Washington added.
“We took our time creating the album, and once the body of work was tightened up and ready to go, we were like, ‘Let’s give it to the world.’ It was just a matter of time, and it had to be done,” she said.
“I think every time we come into a co-write, our goal is just to expand or bend what country music can sound like. For us, it’s really important to stay authentic to the influences that we’ve had growing up and bringing that into country. We never wanted to come into the country space and just put on a mask and pretend. It feels inauthentic, and people can tell that,” Prana said of the new album.
“Some of our songs on the album are a little bit more Americana and a little bit more rootsy than some of our other tracks, but that all exists to us within our definition of what O.N.E. The Duo is a country artist.”
The acronym O.N.E stands for “observant, noetic, effervescent.” The pair hope to build a community with Black women in country music, such as Mickey Guyton and the sibling group Chapel Hart.
“When we were named CMT’s Next Women of Country earlier this year, they were at the event. It was our first time meeting them in person and all that. When I tell you the love they show, Prana and I just made our night. It was like seeing your cousins or people that you already knew,” Washington said.
“I know that it was 10 times harder for Mickey and Chapel Hart. They were the ones that put us in a position to be able to get the reception that we’re getting now. For all the love we’re getting, there are still a percentage of people who are aggravated by the fact that we’re here doing “their ” music. So as Prana said, to look across the room to get that hug and love and vote of confidence from other Black women in the genre does change the game.”
Listen to “Blood Harmony” in full here.
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