Muni Long on her journey from writing hits for Rihanna to becoming a VMA nominee
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Before Grammy-winning artist Priscilla Renea Hamilton — known as Muni Long — was nominated for an MTV Video Music Award for best R&B song, she was a hit songwriter who wrote songs for major artists like Rihanna and Mariah Carey.
Reflecting on her songwriting roots, she said there was a time when she felt content writing for others, but eventually realized she wanted more.
"There's a narrative that they tell you as a songwriter, if you want to be an artist, you know, you write these songs, you get a number one. You make all this money, songwriting is where the money's at. I bought into that for a really long time until I realized, like, I did all the things you said, and it's not taking me where I want to go, so I quit. I'm going to focus on me," she said.
