Hofstra Chronicle: We’ll start off pretty easy. Have you always been a performer? Janelle Monae: Have I always been a performer? Yes. In my mother’s womb I was, you know, doing cartwheels...

Summer has recently passed, and for most, this is a melancholy time spent reminiscing about memories made while yearning for long trips to the beach and long days by the pool. This may be true for...