I was born as Antonia, but I’ll probably introduce myself to you as Tone. Tone, the Atlanta transplant. I was born in Nashville, Tennessee and moved to Marietta shortly after the death of my father and brother. Growing up in the home of a single, widowed, mourning young mother, consisted of a lot of community involvement and self-sufficiency. Art has always been that thing that I run to for salvation coming from a family of artists. Growing up, mom dukes was always working and traveling for her job, so I was sort of in joint custody set up with my grandmother, aunt, and often in the care of neighborhood friends/other close family members. “It takes a village” is my mother motto, and it is sooooo appropriate due to the fact that I was LITERALLY raised by a village of family and friends. Mom Dukes was resourceful and did whatever she had to do to provide for me and I love her for that! She’s literally like my best friend today. - Tone Hubb @colored.babies