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Side Effects of Being a Black British Musician (with Yola)

Smart Funny & Black Productions

Amanda Seales

Kids & Family, Performing Arts, Arts, Education For Kids, Visual Arts

4.89.8K Ratings

🗓️ 10 December 2021

⏱️ 52 minutes

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Summary

This week, Grammy nominated artist Yola gives us a word on what it is to be a Black woman in music across the pond.

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I think it's very important to continue to remain world-leaf.

1:13.9

You know, America has a very bad habit of really just closing it on itself and acting like

1:19.0

no one else matters and other stories don't matter.

1:21.2

It's very annoying and it's also very reductive, and I feel like it's not just white Americans.

1:26.6

The country, as it is, often times acts as if the only stories that really matter are

1:32.8

American stories.

1:34.5

That is so just myopic because the world is so much bigger than that.

1:39.8

In my effort to always expand our minds and to expand our conversations, today's guest

1:46.0

is from across the pond.

1:51.9

We've got recording artists Yola with us today, and we are speaking specifically about

1:57.5

being a Black British artist.

1:58.8

Now, originally, when we connected Yola, it was about just being a Black artist in general,

2:03.8

but I feel like the music industry in England is different than the music industry in America.

2:11.3

I'm very curious to hear about your experience within that space because I know about the

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