While many fat Black women have been pushed towards the back, there have also been many who have been trailblazers as solo acts. By Sydneysky G For years, it has been a running joke that fat women in the music industry are only supposed to be the background singers to thinner women. They are never...
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Sir the Baptist: How a Preacher’s Son Stood Up For Queer, Black Lives
Chicago native Sir the Baptist is a hip-hop artist whose star is rising rapidly; he’s been called “one of the chosen ones” by Universal Music, and he recently signed to Atlantic Records. Wear Your Voice chatted with him during this year’s Afropunk Festival in New York. During our conversation, Sir the Baptist provided some very insightful...