Interview by Sherman Escoffery—

After first catching our attention in Storm Saulter‘s award-winning Jamaican feature film Better Mus’ Come, in which she shined as the female lead Kemala, Jamaican model-turned-actress Sky Nicole Grey is back on our radar with her role in Restless City, director Andrew Dosumnu’s intoxicating look into the experience of young African immigrants in New York City. Grey, who, it turns out, is also a budding recording artist, stopped by our RadioLily.com show The LargeUp Sessions week before last and chopped it up with our Sherman Escoffery and DJ Gravy about her roles in the aforementioned films, and to give us a taste of her debut single, “Lollipop.” Read on for portions of that interview, and check the African American Film Releasing Movement website to see when you can screen Restless City in your city, if you haven’t caught it already.