Kelela Describes Asserting Herself As a Black Woman in the Music Industry

By Hunter Harris via  http://www.vulture.com/

During a New Yorker Festival event Saturday night, the R&B musician Keleladescribed what it’s like to be a black woman in the music business, and how she’s had to train her team to understand the difficulties she faces as an artist trying to challenge the establishment. It started with handpicking people who were willing to learn: “If they haven’t dealt with a black woman artist before, they’re going to tell you there’s a whole host of things that they’ve never had to deal with that are nuanced, that are hard to describe, but that are ever present in every transaction,” Kelela told Vinson …

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