Long before Laws busted into the rap game, so-to-speak, she grew up traveling the world with the Chicago Children’s Choir.
“I was classically trained as an opera singer since I was 11 years old and traveling internationally since sixth grade. I’ve met every president, spent two months in South Africa and met Nelson Mandela,” she said.
After Mandela died in December, Laws rounded up some of her fellow choir pals to sing as a tribute during a City Council meeting.
But that’s the last time she dusted off the ol’ pipes.
“I don’t really sing except for in my car or at home,” she said. “But I probably should.”
Laws will have to forgive herself this year. She’s been busy making sure all those pesky potholes eventually get filled on top of everything else, and she volunteers tutoring kids in math and science as a way of introducing them to the “joys of engineering.”