up next, a talented young singer-songwriter nikki jean. she has partnered with carol kane, bob dylan, and burt bacharach. -- she has partnered with carol king. hasn't know what nikki jean planned for her second cd but here is the lineup on her second debut. carlys lamont dozier, simon, bob dylan, to name a few. >> good to be here. tavis: it is amazing to me to sit across from someone you have seen and heard, read about, collaborated with everyone. you have been on tour with a bunch of artist we all know from lupe to kanye. when you are working with that many artists, what is the process for getting your own project out and how patient do you have to be? >> i have had to be very patient. the challenge for me was after my initial success with lupe fiasco. i was interested in doing an r&b record. i probably could have gotten that moving pretty fast but i had always been a songwriter. i wanted to do something really true to who i am in my musical love and identity and that took longer. luckily, the idea to work with all these people came along