Be yourself. Embrace all aspects of your identity. And represent!

Those are some of the values embodied and shared by Maluca , Nina Sky and Princess Nokia in a new video from mit that explores the music artists intersecting feminist and cultural identities.

I totally consider myself a feminist, Princess Nokia shares with mit after her set at the 4th Annual Afro-Latino Festival in New York City where the video was filmed earlier this month. And feminism is all about the solidarity, protection and empowerment of women.

Maluca also explains in the video the importance of encouraging and fostering female agency.

What they dont tell a lot of women is youre allowed to have a vision and youre allowed to have a dream, Maluca says. And actually, youre allowed to manifest it. Youre allowed to be femme and youre allowed to be butch. And youre allowed to be fun and youre allowed to be stank. Basically, like, youre allowed.

Both performers also discuss Afro-Latino identity and pride, as well as the importance of representation.

I am as proud and as culturally stimulated by my African side, by my Nigerian side, as I am by my Taino and Native-American side, shares Princess Nokia. Its easy for women like me to pass and not say that Im black to negate my blackness or to just claim that Im Taino or claim that Im India. But she wont. And its important that she doesnt, especially as someone who is currently in the spotlight.

Take it from Maluca, who tells mit its important for Afro-Latino artists to blow the fuck up because young men and women, and everyone in between, need to see themselves in the media. They need to see us, everywhere, she explains.

Word! Because representation matters. So keep representin, ladies.

Watch the video above to see what else these fierce, fly ladies had to say.