PR INCESS NOK IA

“I realised I was a princess when my mum died, because all Disney princesses have dead mums,” says Destiny Frasqueri, better known as Princess Nokia.Though born in the Bronx and not the Black Forest, the 27-year-old rising hip-hop star’s life does resemble a folk tale.There was the difficult adolescence in foster care, the enchanted ascendance through New York’s nightlife scene, and now a pair of critically acclaimed new albums, and

This is usually when I wake up naturally. I get out of bed and take a very hot shower. I pray for one or two hours, which involves personal reflection and ritual, and then I’ll draw oracle cards. Breakfast is Puerto Rican coffee. I add some almond milk and lots of sugar. Yoga is my therapy. I started practising it when I was 12, after I found these yoga VHS tapes in a thr ift shop. I need daylight. So before I get to work, I like to walk around the city and feel the sun. My creative team and I have a big power lunch at Jajaja on the Lower East Side. We’ll work

Cape; dress; belt, Saint Laurent by Anthony Vaccarello. Tiara, Swarovski. Bracelet, Van Cleef & Arpels. Hairpin, her own Makeup: Christian Diaz. Hair: Susan Oludele. Manicure: Shirley Cheng. Set design: Dorothée Baussan