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Grammy-Winning Singer/Songwriter Tarrey Torae Talks Creating A Soundtrack To Heal The Souls Of Black Girls

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Grammy-Winning Singer/Songwriter Tarrey Torae Talks Creating A Soundtrack To Heal The Souls Of Black Girls

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“Somebody/anybody/sing a black girl’s song/bring her out/to know herself/to know you/but sing her rhythms/carin/struggle/hard times/sing her song of life” – Ntozake Shange, for colored girls who have considered suicide when the rainbow is enuf

That “somebody” is Tarrey Torae, a Grammy award-winning singer/songwriter who is very easily your favorite rapper’s favorite singer, and her Black girl song of life is simply titled “Little Girl.” Tarrey, whose Chicago-grown sultry vocals have graced tracks and stages with Kanye West, The Roots, John Legend, and Stevie Wonder to only name a few, offers this latest release as a musical and visual love letter to young girls. Using her own hard-learned lessons on life and love, Tarrey hopes…

Please read original article Grammy-Winning Singer/Songwriter Tarrey Torae Talks Creating A Soundtrack To Heal The Souls Of Black Girls posted on Healthy Black Girls on 22 December 2017 | 2:09 am —

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