[1] hampton has written for Vibe, Essence, Harper's Bazaar, The Village Voice, Detroit News, The Source, and Spin.

[9] In 2013, hampton directed Treasure, a documentary about the 2011 killing of Shelley Hilliard, a 19-year-old transgender woman, in Detroit.

[12] Page six reported that a Homeland Security agent had watched the series and started a federal investigation into the victims' allegations.

[20] In 2015 she received a Richard Nichols Luminary award and Treasure: From Tragedy to Trans Justice Mapping a Detroit Story won Best Documentary at the BlackStar Film Festival.

[23][24] She and Brie Miranda Bryant and Tamra Simmons, who worked with her on Surviving R. Kelly, were named to Variety's 2019 Power Women New York list.

[30] In 2024 she was selected by The New Museum as the Stuart Regen Visionary, for "individuals who have made major contributions to art and culture and who are actively imagining a better future".