>> I CAN'T IMAGINE WHAT MY LIFE WOULD BE WITHOUT ART.

ART HAS PLAYED SUCH A SIGNIFICANT ROLE IN MY LIFE.

GIVING ME AN OUTLET TO EXPRESS MYSELF.

I THINK --YOU KNOW WHEN YOU'RE GROWING UP, I DON'T THINK YOU REALIZE YOU'RE ACTUALLY SEARCHING FOR OUTLETS BUT A LOT OF YOUR LIFE IS SCHEDULED FOR YOU.

YOU HAVE PRACTICE AT THIS TIME.

YOU HAVE SCHOOL AT THIS TIME.

YOU HAVE ALL THESE THINGS THAT ARE KIND OF REGIMENTED.

ART KIND OF ALLOWED ME TO BE FREE AND NOT HAVE TO DO IT UNDER SOME TYPE OF REGIMENTED SCHEDULE.

BEING ABLE TO, YOU KNOW, WRITE LYRIC, TO PERFORM, TO ENGAGE WITH CROWDS, TO, YOU KNOW, LEARN FROM OTHER ARTISTS AND THEIR EXPERIENCES AND EVEN THE CONSUMPTION OF ART.

>> MY MOTHER, SHE'S ALWAYS BEEN INTO FASHION.

SHE WAS A FASHIONISTA.

I WAS A TOMBOY.

I WAS NOT WHAT SHE EXPECTED BECAUSE I'M HER ONLY GIRL.

SHE WAS PRAYING FOR A GIRL.

SHE GOT ME.

I WANTED TO BE A TOMBOY.

I THINK HER BEATING IT IN MY HEAD, YOU KNOW, IT JUST CLICKED AND THEN MY LOVE --I DON'T HAVE SISTERS SO MY LOVE FOR THE BROTHERS AND HAVING BROTHERS AND WEARING THEIR CLOTHES, YOU KNOW, I ALWAYS HAVE A TOMBOY ASPECT TO WHEN I'M DRESSING.

I MIGHT PUT A HAT ON.

I PUT PUT ON A PAIR OF TENNIS SHOES.

I THINK THAT'S WHAT CONNECTS ME TO THAT IS MY BROTHERS.

>> I'M A SOLO ARTIST SO A LOT OF TIMES I'M WRITING KIND OF BY MYSELF, RECORDING BY MYSELF.

THIS HAS BROUGHT ME INTO NOT JUST COLLABORATING WITH ANOTHER MUSICIAN BUT ANOTHER TYPE OF ARTIST AND UNDERSTANDING THEIR PROCESS, UNDERSTANDING HOW THEY THINK, HOW THEY MAKE DECISIONS, THEIR STRUGGLES, THEIR UPS, THEIR DOWNS AND BRINGING MINE AS WELL AND THEN REALIZING AT THE END OF THE DAY WE ARE BOTH HERE TO --FOR ONE COLLECTIVE GOAL SO WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE WORK TOGETHER TO MAKE THAT THE BEST THAT IT CAN BE.

MY IDEA OF WHAT I WOULD HAVE DONE MAY NOT BE WHAT TRACY WOULD HAVE DONE AND VICE VERSA, BUT WE CAN COME TO A MIDDLE GROUND.

IT'S BEEN EXCEPTIONAL TO WORK OUTSIDE MY TRADITIONAL REALM AS IT RELATES TO ART, BUT STILL SOMETHING I'M VERY PASSIONATE ABOUT AND WE'RE GOING TO COME UP WITH SOMETHING REALLY AMAZING.

>> FIRST OF ALL, NAME STOOD OUT, MEKKA DON, AND HE WAS AN ATHLETE AND WRITER, ATTORNEY, DESIGNER, SO DESIGNER, WE WOULD PROBABLY COLLABORATE WELL TOGETHER.

WHEN I MET HIM, YOU KNOW, COME TO FIND OUT HIM AND MY HUSBAND ARE ALREADY FRIENDS.

IT'S A SMALL WORLD.

>> FIRST OF ALL WE HAD SOME BRAINSTORMING SESSIONS.

WHAT DID WE WANT TO CREATE.

SHE'S AN EXCEPTIONAL DESIGNER, I'M TALKING TOP OF THE LINE.

I HAVE A LITTLE BIT OF BACKGROUND IN FASHION.

MODELLED IN NEW YORK FOR A LONG TIME.

HAD MY OWN FASHION LINES I HELPED DEVELOP AND BUILD.

NOT TO HER LEVEL.

IT'S BEEN AMAZING TO SEE HER PROCESS, BUT WE HAD TO START OFF BRAINSTORMING.

WHAT IS IT WE WANT TO DO.

THERE'S SO MANY DIFFERENT DIRECTIONS WE WANT TO GO.

WE DECIDED ON KIND OF A CUSTOM JACKET, AND I THINK IF YOU THINK ABOUT JACKETS AND THE HISTORY OF KIND OF MUSIC, YOU CAN THINK OF FAMOUS MICHAEL JACKSON JACKETS AND PRINCE AND MAYBE ELVIS, AND THE LIST GOES ON.

>> HE WAS WRITING THE BOOK AND I WAS THINKING ABOUT BUCKLING AND THINKING MY INTERPRETATION OF WHAT THAT WOULD LOOK LIKE.

I KNEW THAT WAS GOING TO BE A MEN'S PIECE BECAUSE I'M INTO MEN'S FASHION RIGHT NOW.

>> JACKETS ARE A THING THAT HAVE SO MUCH FASHION, YOU KNOW, THERE'S SO MANY DIFFERENT OPPORTUNITIES.

YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT ZIPPERS, YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT COLORS, YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT SPARKLES, THINGS THAT POP.

WE DECIDED THAT WE COULD MAKE SOMETHING REALLY COOL IN THAT REALM AND, YOU KNOW, WITH MY SONG "BUCKLE UP" WE'RE EXPERIMENTING ON BUCKLES, SOME FUN STUFF THAT WAY, TOO.

>> IT'S GOING TO LOOK VERY 3D.

A LOT OF MY WORK I REALLY LIKE TO USE A LOT OF EMBELLISHMENTS.

I LIKE TO ADD PIECES ON TO GIVE IT A 3D LOOK OR HAVE IT HAVE SOME TYPE OF MOTION.

YOU KNOW, OR USUALLY IT'S SOMETHING YOU CAN TAKE OFF AND WEAR IT ONE WAY OR WEAR IT ANOTHER.

>> ART INCUBATORS LIKE WILD GOOSE, ANY TYPE OF COLLABORATION THAT INVOLVES ART, IT'S SO IMPORTANT.

I THINK FIRST AND FOREMOST YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT COMMUNITY, BUILDING THE COMMUNITY.

AND ALSO I THINK ONE THING THAT PEOPLE DON'T REALIZE ABOUT ARTISTS SOMETIMES IS THAT IT COULD BE VERY LONELY BECAUSE A LOT OF TIMES YOUR IDEAS ARE JUST YOURS INTERNALLY AND YOU DON'T NECESSARILY HAVE A LOT OF PEOPLE TO PROCESS THEM WITH.

THEN YOU HAVE TO PRESENT THEM TO THE WORLD AND HOPE THAT THE WORLD CONSUMES IT THE WAY YOU WANT THEM TO CONSUME IT.

THAT CAN BE A SINGULAR, LONELY PROCESS.

AND THEN WHEN YOU GET AROUND KIND OF THESE COLLABORATION, YOU REALIZE THERE ARE OTHER PEOPLE OUT HERE WHO ARE ALSO VERY TALENTED, GOING THROUGH THE SAME THING.

NOT ONLY JUST THAT, BUT THEN ALSO ABLE TO DRAW INSPIRATION FROM OTHER PEOPLE FROM THEIR STORIES, NOT JUST THE ARTS THEY CREATE, BUT THEIR STORIES, WHAT THEY'VE BEEN THROUGH, WHERE THEY'VE TRAVELED WHERE THEIR INSPIRATION CAME FROM AND MAKES YOU LOOK OUTSIDE THE BOX A LITTLE BIT TOO AND MAYBE I CAN PULL SOMETHING FROM HERE, FROM HERE.

AND THEN ULTIMATELY I THINK AT THE END OF THE DAY, ARTISTS KIND OF MAKE THE WORLD GO ROUND.

>> WHEN YOU COLLABORATE, I THINK THERE'S AN ELEVATION.

YOU HAVE TWO MINDS WHO ARE WORKING TOGETHER FROM TWO DIFFERENT BACKGROUNDS AND YOU TAKE THESE TWO AND YOU JUST GET THIS EXPLOSION.

I THINK, YOU KNOW, IT REALLY MAKES THE WORLD GO AROUND BECAUSE YOU CAN ONLY HEAR YOURSELF TALK FOR SO LONG, YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN.

LET ME BRING ANOTHER ELEMENT INTO MY ART.

IN THAT WAY, I APPLAUD WILD GOOSE CREATIVE FOR BRINGING THIS TOGETHER AND MAKING THIS HAPPEN AND JUST PUTTING SO MANY DIFFERENT ARTISTS WHO MAY NOT HAVE WORKED TOGETHER OTHERWISE JUST TO COME AND CREATE SOMETHING BEAUTIFUL FOR A GOOD CAUSE.