Remember Lil Nas X’s “Old Town Road”wasn’t qualified as country until Billy Ray Cyrus called out the genre and “blessed it”. When Black voices get in spaces, we dominate, which is a threat to a white supremacy hierarchy. Like in sports, (https://eddmarv.medium.com/politics-have-always-been-in-sports-c15b9b45efbe) racism has always existed in music/entertainment.
Written by JonesE
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