Boyfriend grew up in Nashville, Tennessee. She was raised in the Church of Christ and attended parochial school from kindergarten through her sophomore year of high school. In a 2015 interview, she said that her early environme… See more

Described as a "mile-a-minute rhyme-spitter; a bawdy, brassy performance artist and a feminist provocateur," her rhymes address subjects including sex, feminism, gender and empowerment with 'bracingly blue, caref… See more

The first track she recorded was the overtly-sexual "Hunch and Munch." It was accompanied by a video, released in February 2012.
With a mantra of "form and intention," she put togethe… See more

Boyfriend is also the creator of a three-act semi-scripted and interactive musical that takes place at Preservation Hall. In 2018, she produced the third annual production where audience members experienced a sold-out ex… See more

In April 2016, a Boyfriend performance at Proud Larry's in Oxford, Mississippi, was cancelled "due to statewide pressures and the current political climate".
In March 2018, Boyfriend was criticized for performing … See more