I am an interdisciplinary artist with a focus on music production, acting, filmmaking, composing scores, dramatic writing, and directing.

I love to create artistic opportunities for my fellow students of color here at NYU because we rarely have those opportunities outside of each other. Whether it by through my plays, my films, my music videos, my live performances, or my TV scripts, I like to operate as the Issa Rae of NYU -- creating an opportunity for my peers to shine regardless of the lack of opportunity that our white counterparts have.

In addition, I love creating outlets for myself and artistic platforms that do not yet exist in the largely white art space I operate out of in art school.

I try to operate out of humility, but I've been humble and meek for a large majority of my life due to sexual assault trauma that I remain extremely open about sharing in my artistry (because it is a huge part of my history and why I am the way I am) -- so I operate with a lot of confidence, a lot of assurance in my future.

Because of that, when people disrespect me, it hurts. In February, I had a negative racially biased experience with the Washington Square News, which interviewed me about my debut album, MIA. They assured me the article would be published within a week. It never got published. Instead, they profiled a white girl, who already had major press from large media outlets, concerts, and all the press you could ever need. They told me that they had to be "selective with who they profile" and only choose an artist based on "cultural relevancy". They could've told me that from the beginning, instead of wasting my time, accepting my article pitch, and then trashing the article altogether AFTER we already interviewed.

From where I stand, it seemed as though they only chose to profile "Becky" because her story as a white girl writing about heartbreak was more relatable to a wider audience than a black woman speaking about how sexual assault taints self-image, innocence, and relationships with other people. I even offered for them to publish the article this month, April, for Sexual Assault Awareness Month, and May for Mental Health Awareness Month. And yet, they still basically said in corporate terms "maybe". That experience hurt.

But a few weeks later I was offered a spot in the Collab Arts podcast, Shop Talk. It can be listened to here: https://open.spotify.com/episode/4fvywg2wkyFpwn58unosYO?si=91f4cf6f00d147e4 God never misses, and rejection is always redirection.

I often get inspired by spiritual downloads. I am very intuitive and extremely connected to my ancestors and intuitive downloads as well as my dreams at night. I often draw inspiration from Spirit to create my art, in addition to my experience as a Black woman living with bipolar disorder.

I incorporate the Black woman's experience in America into my artistry, as well as my Guyanese heritage as well. My last album, MIA, explores how sexual assault ultimately taints self-image and romantic relationships with men. My last film, my directorial debut, Angel's Imprint, explores the connection between spirituality, grief, love, and loss (very much inspired by my spiritual background as a seer).

My latest single, WORLDISMINE, explores invincibility, inflated ego, and hypersexuality that coincides with hypomania and mania in bipolar disorder. This song, featuring the confident, carnal, and complex bars of Turbeazy, is a step into the manic mind of songwriter Sage Solaris. It explores themes of spirituality as well, which is often heightened during manic episodes for people living with bipolar disorder. While grappling with mania can be life-altering, before it all crashes and burns, the heightened self-belief that comes with it can be invigorating -- and this song precisely expresses that sentiment. The song begins as a mantra, co-written by Bay Area hip-hop artist, JMD, that embeds an inflated ego into Sage Solaris' manic mind. It then transitions into a message to naysayers and nonbelievers: that despite doubt from the external world, the world is for Sage Solaris and Tubeazy to each take in their regard.

My goal in life is to become a beacon of unapologetic storytelling, as an actress, director, writer, filmmaker, and musician. I want to make an impact on the artistic world, creating art that makes a comment on the world around me as well as my internal world as a Black, bipolar, queer, and Guyanese-American artist.

I want to star alongside artists like Zendaya, Voila Davis, Ayo Edebiri, Issa Rae, Margot Robbie, Sofia Wylie, Olivia Rodrigo, Beyoncé, Kehlani, Chloe Bailey, Halle Bailey, and all the greats before me like Spike Lee, Oprah, and more. I know I will get there because I am a master manifester and I achieve every single dream I put my mind to.

Tyra Hughes

Website and Youtube

https://tyrahughes03.wixsite.com/herexpressivemind https://www.youtube.com/c/HerExpressiveMind

Sage Solaris

Youtube and Portfolio

https://www.youtube.com/@iamSageSolaris

https://sagesolaris.glitch.me/