NICHOLE SHIRELL

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Award-Winning Author • Poet • Recording Artist • Community Strategist • Cultural Curator

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Nichole Shirell is an award-winning author, poet, recording artist, community strategist, and cultural curator from Birmingham, Alabama. Through powerful storytelling and fearless artistic expression, she uses her voice to illuminate historical and contemporary social issues, creating work that challenges, inspires, and sparks meaningful conversation.

Her acclaimed poem “Migraine” serves as a moving testament to the violence impacting the Black community, blending lived experience, social awareness, and unflinching truth through the power of spoken word.

As the owner of Nichole Shirell Enterprises and an independent recording artist, Nichole continues to create platforms that center visibility, accountability, creativity, and cultural dialogue. Her work is rooted in intentional storytelling and immersive artistic expression, with a commitment to amplifying voices and perspectives that deserve to be heard.

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THE VAULT PODCAST

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Nichole Shirell is the creator and host of The Vault Podcast, a dynamic podcast collective built around the principles of Culture, Conversation & Connection.

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Through The Vault, Nichole creates space for unapologetic storytelling, meaningful discourse, creative expression, and voices that refuse to be silenced. The Vault Podcast features original productions and series including:

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• The Vault Unfiltered

• Green Gas Gala

• The Poets List

• The Forum

• The UnSilenced

• Let The People See

• The Vault Unfiltered

 

The Vault Unfiltered, a Vault Podcast Production and Brand Builders Radio exclusive, features in-depth personal conversations with creatives, entrepreneurs, artists, public figures, and community voices. The series offers listeners an intimate look beyond the public image, exploring personal journeys, creativity, entrepreneurship, culture, purpose, and lived experiences.

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Replays and featured conversations can be viewed through The Vault Podcast.

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MUSIC & SPOKEN WORD

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Nichole’s artistic style blends urban spoken word with hip-hop influences, incorporating rhythmic storytelling and a distinctive a cappella cadence.

Her body of work reflects her ability to merge poetry, music, personal testimony, social commentary, and cultural storytelling into an authentic artistic experience.

A complete list of her poetry and recording works is available through her artist platforms.

 

NOTABLE PERFORMANCES

• StarDome Comedy, hosted by Bennie Mac — Alabama, 2024

• Trap Poetry, hosted by Matt Capone — DMV, 2024

• Trap Poetry, hosted by Matt Capone — Georgia, 2025

• Mike Guinn Entertainment — Texas, 2024

• Mike Guinn Entertainment — Texas, 2025

 

ACCOLADES & RECOGNITION

• Alabama Music Awards Nominee, 2026

• Black Rose Awards Winner — Music / Broadcast / Professional Excellence, 2026

• Street Motion Nominee — Poet of the Year, 2026

• Street Motion Nominee — Podcast of the Year, 2026

• Street Motion Poet of the Year, 2024

• Alabama About Business Poet of the Year, 2024

• Alabama Music Awards Nominee, 2024

• Alabama Music Awards Nominee, 2025

• The Gift — Author Academy Awards Nomination, 2019

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AUTHOR & PUBLISHER

Nichole Shirell is also an accomplished creative writer and self-published author whose literary collection spans affirmations, poetry, fiction, prayers, and personal testimonies.

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Her books reflect her versatility as a storyteller and her

dedication to using written expression as a vehicle for healing, reflection, empowerment, and connection.

Her published works are available through Amazon.

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THE LEGACY

Nichole Shirell continues to build a body of work that exists at the intersection of poetry, music, media, culture, community, and conversation.

 

Whether behind a microphone, on a stage, behind the camera, or creating opportunities for other voices to be heard, Nichole remains committed to one purpose: creating spaces where stories matter, voices are valued, and truth has room to speak.

 

Nichole Shirell — Author. Poet. Recording Artist. Creator. Cultural Curator. Community Strategist.

I Am Her. She Is Me.

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Discography  

The poet’s style is a mixture of urban spoken word, combined with hip-hop beats of a unique cappella cadence. A complete list of the poet’s works is available.  

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Books

The creative writer has written and self-published an impressive collection of books, which include affirmations, poetry, fiction, prayers, and testimonies. All books are available on Amazon. “The Gift” Author Academy Awards Nomination 2019.