That’s when she decided to attend a local performing arts high school called ChiArts, where she studied classical music, theory, jazz, and theatre. By the time she was ready to graduate, other students were looking at colleges and she had just her first tour. At this point, Lenae wasn’t waiting around for acceptance letters from colleges, and her family wasn’t, either. “There was never a moment where my family was disappointed, anxious, or worried about the direction I was taking,” Lenae says. “It’s already a very hard industry to be in. So as a Black woman in music, having that support from my family meant everything.”
