Queen D. Scott is an unconventional hip-hop educator and MC with a mission to empower and inspire authenticity from the stage to the classroom.

As an artist, Queen D. Scott deftly combines her classical background as a pianist, her fluency in technology and production, and her lifelong fascination with wordplay to immerse you in her lyrical and musical storytelling.

As an educator, Scott roots her teaching in the examination of cultural context and social trends that challenges her students to investigate art beyond technique to expand their creative expression through deep understanding and integrity.

A graduate of Berklee College of Music, Queen D. was the campus’ first female MC in the college’s pioneering Jazz Hip-Hop Orchestra. When she joined the faculty in 2006, she made hip-hop history as the first MC to teach at the institution.  In 2019, Scott developed two new hip-hop courses focused around the contributions of women and hip-hop’s social impact.  That same year, she also co-directed the campus’ Honorary Doctorate tribute concerts for Chairmen/CEO of Epic Records, Sylvia Rhone, and veteran hip-hop artist, Missy “Misdemeanor” Elliott.

Queen D. Scott’s talent and expertise have taken her around the world as a teaching artist giving master classes and workshops in hip-hop history and lyrical analysis, as well as R&B and hip-hop vocal performance.  Currently, Scott serves as a professor in the Ensemble Department at Berklee College of Music and is a PhD student in Brown University’s Music & Multimedia Composition program.

You can listen to Queen’s latest release, “Lift Every Voice” - her hip-hop/soul version of the Black National Anthem - on all streaming platforms.