“A lot of Black artists getting beautiful amounts of attention right now,' says singer, writer, and activist amyraleon. 'But how far down do we have to be before you decide that you want to lift us up?”
movement, the music would come. It has, quickly—from some of the biggest and occasionally unlikely pop stars. Artists like Anderson Paak, H.E.R., and Lil Baby, who might not have made politically charged music one year ago, released projects commenting on the protests and socio-economic climate over the past two months.
To the untrained ear, it would appear that Paak, a jolly funk artist with a huge grin permanently on his face; H.E.R., a romantic crooner whose r&b songs are soulful enough to melt your heart, and Lil Baby, one of the most thoughtful writers in rap today, were breaking character by releasing music about the uprising. Newer listeners might think these tracks deviated from the artists’ usual subject matter.
Not every artist making protest music, however, must have a pop hit and a huge platform. There's a ballooning number of indie musicians who have been protest through their art for decades, and are now gaining new audiences in light of the Black Lives Matter movement. The singer, writer, and activist Amyra Leon told me as much. Leon, who grew up in New York City's Harlem neighborhood and is still based there, has written protest music all her life. But the only time she is seen as “marketable” is during a moment of political unrest.
“This happens to my career every time the world explodes,” Leon told me during a phone call recently. “My image, my work, my words, my things are used more than usual.”
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