WHY ARE BLACK WOMEN EXCLUDED FROM 'POP' MUSIC?

In light of  recent news about the end of the 'urban' music category, it's time to interrogate 'pop' as well. If you look at Pop award show categories or Pop charts, you'll see very few Black women. On this week's #YoungBeautifulSuccessful, Gabbie examines systemic racism and misogynoir across genre over the last 60+ years in the music industry. She discusses the experiences of FKA Twigs, Tinashe, Normani, and more in the industry and how genre can often be based more on one's 'race' and appearance than the actual sound of their music.  Still donating ad revenue to Black Trans Femmes in the Arts! https://www.instagram.com/btfacollective/ https://www.artsbusinesscollaborative.org/asp-products/black-trans-femmes-in-the-arts-sponsored-projected_/ https://linktr.ee/btfacollective FKA twigs: 'Weird things can be sexy' | The Guardian https://www.theguardian.com/music/2014/aug/09/fka-twigs-two-weeks-lp1 Tayla Parx is ready to talk about everything | The Fader https://www.thefader.com/2019/04/10/tayla-parx-interview-we-need-to-talk-7-rings The Pop World Kept Putting Nija Charles in a Box. Then She Wrote ‘Rain on Me’ | Glamour Magazine https://www.glamour.com/story/songwriter-nija-charles-interview Tinashe’s tweets https://twitter.com/Tinashe/status/1273643435010875392 https://twitter.com/Tinashe/status/1273644400640311296 https://twitter.com/Tinashe/status/1273671753571553280 Tinashe’s interview with ItsTheReal https://podcasts.apple.com/qa/podcast/287-tinashe/id987637310?i=1000459617017 ‘Separate and Unequal’: How ‘Pop’ Music Holds Black Artists Back | Rolling Stone https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-features/the-problem-with-pop-1013534/ Soulection’s IG https://www.instagram.com/p/CB56JtxgC4W/ How a New Kind of Pop Star Stormed 2018 | NYTimes https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2018/12/20/arts/music/new-pop-music.html 1619 : The Birth of American Music podcast episode https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/episode-3-the-birth-of-american-music/id1476928106?i=1000448861139 The Women Behind #TheShowMustBePaused — And What They’re Planning Next | Billboard https://www.billboard.com/articles/business/9399509/the-show-must-be-paused-founders-billboard-cover-story-interview-2020