Ani DiFranco ( ) (born Angela Maria Difranco on September 23, 1970) is a singer, guitarist, and songwriter. She is known as a prolific artist (having released nineteen albums) and is seen by many as a women's rights and feminist icon.

Born in Buffalo, New York, Ani DiFranco is a singer-songwriter , guitarist, and accomplished visual artist. Ani’s music has been classified as folk-rock and alternative rock , but since her early albums she has reached across genres, having collaborated with a wide range of artists. Much of Ani’s material is autobiographical, in the personal lyric tradition of the singer-songwriter. Much of her material is also strongly political, concerned with contemporary social issues such as racism, sex