An Entire Mood: Meet Nandi Bushell, the Nine-Year Old Drumming Prodigy

Some people just have ‘it’. You know it. They know it. And those whose lives they touch know it. Nine-year old Nandi Bushell is ‘some people”. The energy of this kid is unreal.

Nandi Bushell is nine and proudly claims her Zulu-Brit heritage on her IG page. When Bushell was four, her parents bought her a drum set and she was hooked. Here she is performing Erykah Badu’s Window Seat.

 

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“On Saturdays and Sundays, [my family and I] make pancakes, and I listen to the Beatles, and I saw the drum kit and Ringo Starr,” Bushell told the talk show host Ellen DeGeneres. “He just inspired me to play the drums.”

Bushell has been sharing her gifts with the world on her YouTube channel since she was six.

Bushell has covered many songs, including System of a Down’s Chop Suey(one of my faves)You Got Me by The Roots, and In Bloom by Nirvana.

But wait….There’s more! Sis can also get down on the bass. Peep.

Oh you thought I was playin? No. Its a family affair so sis calls on her little bro and they rock out together!

 

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Straight. Beast. Mode. This nine year old even jammed out with Lenny Kravitz!

 

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Someone said this is the type of energy they need to get through the week. I cannot find the lie. Sis is an entire mood. Pique Black Girl Magic!

Salute, Queen! Here’s to being an ENTIRE mood! Happy Monday, Fam!