In light of  recent news about the end of the 'urban' music category, it's time to interrogate 'pop' as well. If you look at Pop award show categories or Pop charts, you'll see very few Black women. On this week's #YoungBeautifulSuccessful, Gabbie examines systemic racism and misogynoir across genre over the last 60+ years in the music industry. She discusses the experiences of FKA Twigs, Tinashe, Normani, and more in the industry and how genre can often be based more on one's 'race' and appearance than the actual sound of their music. 
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FKA twigs: 'Weird things can be sexy' | The Guardian
https://www.theguardian.com/music/2014/aug/09/fka-twigs-two-weeks-lp1
Tayla Parx is ready to talk about everything | The Fader
https://www.thefader.com/2019/04/10/tayla-parx-interview-we-need-to-talk-7-rings
The Pop World Kept Putting Nija Charles in a Box. Then She Wrote ‘Rain on Me’ | Glamour Magazine
https://www.glamour.com/story/songwriter-nija-charles-interview
Tinashe’s tweets
https://twitter.com/Tinashe/status/1273643435010875392
https://twitter.com/Tinashe/status/1273644400640311296
https://twitter.com/Tinashe/status/1273671753571553280
Tinashe’s interview with ItsTheReal
https://podcasts.apple.com/qa/podcast/287-tinashe/id987637310?i=1000459617017
‘Separate and Unequal’: How ‘Pop’ Music Holds Black Artists Back | Rolling Stone
https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-features/the-problem-with-pop-1013534/
Soulection’s IG
https://www.instagram.com/p/CB56JtxgC4W/
How a New Kind of Pop Star Stormed 2018 | NYTimes
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2018/12/20/arts/music/new-pop-music.html
1619 : The Birth of American Music podcast episode
https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/episode-3-the-birth-of-american-music/id1476928106?i=1000448861139
The Women Behind #TheShowMustBePaused — And What They’re Planning Next | Billboard
https://www.billboard.com/articles/business/9399509/the-show-must-be-paused-founders-billboard-cover-story-interview-2020

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