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    Don’t Hate Us ’Cause We Fabulous

    by madison moore Apr 12, 2018 3 minutes


    “Excuse me … are you Prince?” the hotel concierge asked me.

    At first, I thought he was joking, the kind of slightly homophobic jab I’ve grown used to hearing over the years, so I laughed as I said, “No, I’m not Prince” with a tone of obviousness.

    “Are you sure?” he doubled down. I couldn’t believe it. Had he never seen a picture of Prince?

    Over my lifetime, I’ve admired many black divas and pop singers, from Tina Turner and Little Richard to Beyoncé and Lenny Kravitz, but Prince’s fierce, androgynous aesthetic completely changed my approach

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