Black Women in Entertainment
Estelle Teams Up With Planned Parenthood For Powerful Song ‘Woman’s World’
The UK singer spoke with HuffPost about why black women should support PP.
“It’s a woman’s world, it’s a woman’s world ― and you’re just a man in a woman’s world.”
These are the bold lyrics of U.K. singer Estelle’s new song, “Woman’s World.” Estelle, known for songs like “American Boy” and “Conqueror,” is one of several artists including John Legend and Mary J. Blige who have teamed up with Planned Parenthood for the new 7-inches For Planned Parenthood album.
The goal of the project is simple ― 100 percent of proceeds for the project will go towards supporting Planned Parenthood.
For Estelle, a huge supporter of Planned Parenthood, doing a track for the album was a no-brainer, especially an up-tempo song with such a powerful message about womanhood.
“Every single time I’ve heard a song about women holding something down or being powerful, it’s a slow ballad,” Estelle told HuffPost.
“I wanted to make this powerful, make it push, make it go. We’re not asking to run the world ― we run it.”
Even though the songstress is from the U.K., she’s been a long time support of Planned Parenthood, because she’s seen first hand the…