As many of you know, there are many protests going on all over the country in support of the Black Lives Matter movement and justice for those who have been killed at the hands of police such as George Floyd and sadly, many others. Tuesday was the day to raise a unified awareness to these issues by posting a black square to instagram with the hashtag #blackouttuesday. A day to take a moment of social media silence from posting about our personal life and honor the movement. Instead of posting a black square, I thought I would celebrate and lift up some amazing black music artist that I love. Some you know and some you may not know of! Each artist is unique and brings so much to the table within the music industry that we just would not have without them. Think of hip-hop, rap, R&B, soul, MoTown-- these are all genres that are products of the black culture and community in America which many of us listen to on a daily basis. So, let's celebrate these artist along with many other black artists whether they express themselves through art, music, writing, and other artistic outlets.
In no particular order, here are my favorite black artists right now along with my favorite track by them (and this does not count the CLASSICS and blueprint artists such as Prince, Aretha Franklin and many others, the list would be too long).
SZA
Genres: Alternative R&B, Soul, Synth-pop
Rihanna
Genres: Contemporary R&B, Pop, Hip-hop
Beyoncé
Genres: Contemporary R&B, Pop, Hip-hop
Daniel Caesar
Genres: Contemporary R&B, Soul, Neo Soul
Toro y Moi
Genres: Chillwave, Psychedelic pop, Synth-pop
WILLOW (Willow Smith)
Genre: Alternative R&B
H.E.R.
Genre: Contemporary R&B
Frank Ocean
Genres: Contemporary R&B, Pop, Avant-garde music
Tyler the Creator
Genres: Hip-Hop, (most recent album is more of an Alternative Hip-Hop to me)
Topaz Jones
Genres: Hip-Hop, Rap
Blood Orange
Genres: Alternative, Indie
Lizzo
Genres: Pop, Hip-Hop, Soul
Brent Faiyaz
Genres: Rhythm and blues, Hip-Hop
Aminé
Genres: Alternative Hip-Hop, Rap
Megan Thee Stallion
Genre: Hip-Hop, Rap
Jaden (Jaden Smith)
Genres: Alternative Hip-Hop
The Weeknd
Genres: Contemporary R&B, Soul, Pop
Summer Walker
Genres: Alternative R&B
Childish Gambino (Donald Glover)
Genres: he is literally every genre, king of experimenting with his sound. Some include, Hip-Hop, Rap, Alternative R&B, Psychedelic soul, Pop
Nicki Minaj
Genres: Hip-Hop, Rap, Pop, Contemporary R&B
Continue to spread love and peace as our country goes through these challenging times!
If you'd like to help the movement here are some petitions and donation links:
Black Lives Matter Donation Fundhttps://secure.actblue.com/donate/ms_blm_homepage_2019d
GoFundMe for George Floyd’s Familyhttps://www.gofundme.com/f/georgefloy
This instagram post outlines a lot of ways to learn and donate -https://www.instagram.com/p/CAvYyaaj0hX/…
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