- Collection:
- Popular Music Collections
- Title:
- Eshe Light oral history interview, 2023 October 4
- Creator:
- Light, Eshe
- Contributor to Resource:
- Newberry, Brittany
- Date of Original:
- 2023-10-04
- Subject:
- Dance
Black people
Hip-hop (Music)
Music trade
Performances
Breast--Cancer
Grammy Awards
Arrested Development (Musical group)
Chrysalis (Media company)
Gaither School of Dance (Atlanta, Ga.)
Daniel McLaughlin Therrell High School (Atlanta Public Schools)
Yeek Fest
Greenbriar Mall (Atlanta, Ga.)
Jelly Beans Skating Rink (Atlanta, Ga.)
Automobile travel
Doorkeepers - People:
- Light, Eshe
Thomas, Todd
Barnwell, Timothy
Jones, Donald
Taree, Aerle
Oje, Baba
Mosby, Phillip
Mosby, Gwynnis R., 1962-
Burke, Ian
Gaither, Billie Ann - Location:
- United States, Georgia, Fulton County, Atlanta, 33.749, -84.38798
- Medium:
- oral histories (document genres)
- Type:
- Sound
- Format:
- video/mp4
- Description:
- Eshe Light was born in 1974 in Atlanta, Georgia and joined the musical group, Arrested Development, in 1988 under the name Montsho Eshe. She toured with the group across the globe until 2012 and now works in the Atlanta area in artist development to train musicians and performers in choreography, creative direction, contract negotiation, and other skills necessary to succeed in the entertainment industry.
In this interview, Eshe Light speaks about her childhood interest in music, dance, and school before joining the group Arrested development. She discusses her relationship with her mother, fellow band mates, and others in the industry who supported her during her early music career. She then tells about her life after leaving Arrested Development in 2012, including the death of her mother, her experience with breast cancer, and her career in artist development. - External Identifiers:
- Metadata URL:
- http://digitalcollections.library.gsu.edu/cdm/ref/collection/popmusic/id/11063
- Language:
- eng
- Bibliographic Citation (Cite As):
- Cite as: M259_LightE_20231004, Atlanta Hip Hop Oral History Project, Atlanta Hip Hop Archives, Music and Popular Culture Collection, Special Collections and Archives. Georgia State University, Atlanta.
- Original Collection:
- Container 679
Music and Popular Culture Collection;
Atlanta Hip Hop Oral History Project - Holding Institution:
- Georgia State University. Special Collections
- Rights:
-
