Prince’s Inspiring Legacy And Activism For Artistic Freedom
Black History Year
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🗓️ 26 September 2024
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With the word “slave” written on his right cheek, Prince put on a legendary performance. Many people viewed his music as an escape to feel free, but what happens when the artist doesn’t feel free himself?
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| 0:33.3 | With the word slave written on his right cheek, Prince put on a legendary performance. |
| 0:39.4 | Many people viewed his music as an escape to feel free. |
| 0:43.1 | But what happens when the artist doesn't feel free himself? |
| 0:47.2 | This is Two-Minute Black History, what you didn't learn in school. |
| 0:58.0 | Thank you. learn in school. In 1993, In 1993, |
| 0:59.0 | Prince spoke powerful words that were only one of his many acts of protests, saying, |
| 1:18.9 | The first step I have taken towards the ultimate goal of emancipating from the chains that bind me to Warner Brothers was to change my name from Prince to a symbol. |
| 1:31.3 | He would reach that goal and then so. |
| 1:35.0 | In 1995, Prince sported the word slave on his cheek at performances to display how he felt about the Warner Brothers music label controlling |
| 1:44.8 | his artistic freedom. |
| 1:47.5 | If I can't do what I want to do, he said, what am I? |
| 1:53.0 | Nearly a decade after being free from his record deal, the artist spoke up about how black |
| 1:58.3 | youth were disproportionately exposed to music that promoted sex, |
| 2:02.7 | drugs, and violence. What you won't show your kids, don't show out. |
| 2:23.0 | Prince continued his activism throughout his life, whether it was preaching about Black Lives at the Grammys in 2015, or inspiring the launch of a nonprofit supporting black kids |
| 2:30.2 | in tech. |
| 2:32.0 | There wasn't a time where the Minnesota native was afraid to use this platform to voice and address our everyday concerns. |
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