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. >>> THIS YEAR MARKS 30 YEARS
SINCE THE RNB GROUP RELEASED
ITS ALBUM, A MEMBER OF THAT
GROUP IS RELEASING HER OWN
SINGLE CALLED ANGRY BLACK
WOMAN.
WOMAN.
WOMAN. I
WOMAN. I TALKED ABOUT THE MESSAGE
BEHIND THE SONG AND WHY IT WAS
SO IMPORTANT TO RELEASE IT
TODAY.
TODAY.
TODAY. >>
TODAY. >> IT WAS SUCH A TREAT TO HAVE
YOU HERE TODAY THANK YOU FOR
TAKING THE TIME.
>> I WANTED TO FIRST
CONGRATULATE YOU ON YOUR FIRST
SINGLE CALLED ANGRY BLACK
WOMAN.
WOMAN.
WOMAN. I
WOMAN. I KNOW THAT IS A TOUGH SUBJECT
WITH WHAT'S GOING ON RIGHT NOW,
WHAT MADE YOU WRITE THIS SONG
RIGHT NOW.
RIGHT NOW. >> IT WAS, MY ART HAS ALWAYS
REFLECTED HOW I FEEL, WHAT I'M
THINKING AT THE TIME, THERE HAS
BEEN SO MUCH POLICE BRUTALITY
HAPPENING AND IRONICALLY
SEVERAL YEARS AGO. ♪ NOWADAYS
I CAN'T BELIEVE, WHAT'S GOING
ON IN FRONT OF ME.
I DON'T WANT TO WATCH TV, FIND
ANOTHER CASUALTY ♪.
>> I RECORDED IT AT A TIME WHEN
THIS PROBLEM WITH POLICE
BRUTALITY IS HAPPENING NOW AND
I'M ABSOLUTELY IN SHOCK THAT WE
HAVE TO CONTINUE TO HAVE TO
ENDURE AND EXPERIENCE IT AS
BLACK PEOPLE AND THE SONG WAS
WRITTEN FROM A PERSPECTIVE OF
ANGER, PAIN, FRUSTRATION, I
HAVE BEEN VACILLATING BETWEEN
BACK AND FOURTH EVERY EMOTION
THAT YOU CAN POSSIBLY IMAGINE,
I CAN ONLY IMAGINE HOW THE
MOTHER MUST BE FEELING.
THE WIVES MUST BE FEELING.
>> THE FACT THAT YOU CAN SAY
THE SAME THING FOR YOUR RIVER
SHOWS HOW LITTLE PROGRESS WE
HAVE HAD IN THE LAST FEW YEARS,
WHERE DO YOU THINK WE ARE RIGHT
NOW, DO YOU SEE ANY HOPE IN
SOME OF THE CHANGES IN THE LAST
FEW WEEKS?
FEW WEEKS? >> I'M GOING TO TELL YOU, I
THINK WE ARE AT THE BRINK OF
INCREDIBLE POSSIBILITY AND
CHANGING THE IDEA OF WHAT IT
REALLY MEANS.
REALLY MEANS. WE ARE IN THE PROCESS OF
IMAGING WHAT THAT MEANS, I
THINK THIS YOUNGER GENERATION,
THEY ARE THE CATALYST FOR
CHANGE AND I THINK THEY ARE
DEMANDING IT, I THINK THEY ARE
EMPOWERING US FOR GENERATIONS
BEFORE THEM, I DO, I THINK THAT
WE ARE IN THE PROCESS, FINALLY.
>> RIGHT.
>> RIGHT.
>> RIGHT. WE HOPE.
WE HOPE.
WE HOPE. YOU ALSO CHOOSE TO RELEASE THIS
SON ON JUNE TEENTH, WHICH THERE
IS TALK ABOUT MAKING IT A
HOLIDAY, ARE YOU HOPING THAT
THAT HAPPENS?
THAT HAPPENS? >> ABSOLUTELY.
>> ABSOLUTELY. I AM HOPEFUL.
>> RIGHT.
>> RIGHT.
>> RIGHT. I ALSO WENT ON YOUR INSTAGRAM
TO LOOK UP SOME SONGS, 30 YEARS
AGO?
AGO?
AGO? >>
AGO? >> 30 YEARS AGO, CAN YOU
BELIEVE THAT?
BELIEVE THAT? >> CONGRATULATIONS.
>> CONGRATULATIONS. WHAT DOES IT FEEL LIKE.
>> I CAN'T BELIEVE IT.
DO YOU LOOK BACK ON IT?
>> WE'VE BEEN DOING OUR BEST TO
CELEBRATE.
CELEBRATE. BUT IT IS REALLY HARD TO
CELEBRATE, YOU KNOW, IN VIEW OF
EVERYTHING THAT'S HAPPENING
RIGHT NOW.
RIGHT NOW. >> WHERE DO YOU HOPE THAT WE DO
FROM FROM HERE HOW DO YOU FEEL
MUSIC AND THE ARTS WILL PLAY IN
IT LIKE YOUR SONG WILL
HOPEFULLY BRING ON SOME REAL
CHANGE.
CHANGE.
CHANGE. >>
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>> >> OVER 20 YEARS AGO WE WROTE A
SONG CALLED FREE YOUR MIND. IT
IS FIRE CHANGE AND HOPE THROUGH
OUR MUSIC AND SO THAT EFFORT,
THAT INTENTION, WE ALWAYS
CONTINUE THAT, I'VE ALWAYS SAID
THAT, YOU KNOW, BEING ABLE TO
HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO STAND
ON A PLATFORM AS AN ARTIST, IT
IS IMPORTANT TO USE MY MUSIC TO
UPLIFT AND ASPIRE AND TO
EMPOWER.
EMPOWER.
EMPOWER. >> NOW AVAILABLE