A colorful story about black female artists

Here’s a story today about black women in music.

Let’s start off with the woman pictured first. Pictured with a pixie cut bob and black lipstick, is none other than Missy “Missdemeanor”Elliott, who was born in Portsmouth, Virginia . Missy Elliott just received her doctrine in music approximately 2-3 years ago from college. We have already beaten the odds with a college educated and a BLACK historical artist. So now I ask you the question ‘Is it worth it let me work it? I put my thang’[thing] down flip it and reverse it.....’ If you go on YouTube, YouTube music or back in the days, Yahoo! Music you’d be able to find these lyrics and if you bought the CD you might be lucky enough to come across the lyrics in the album art. What a time to be alive during the Missy Elliott era. She has many other hits as well as about 5+ albums and singles such as Get ur Freak on, Lose Control and Gossip Folks just to name a few, but that’s enough about this addictive woman. My next artist who I will be covering is Solange aka SOL-AN-GEL aka Camille, who also starred in Bring it on as the head cheerleader captain. Solange Knowles is the younger sister of Beyoncé Knowles. She is a mother of a young black son named Daniel. Solange originally was apart of Destiny’s Child, the girl group formed by Beyoncé, but Solange was only briefly in the music group as a backup dancer. However, Solange is a singer, actress and producer as well. Solange has four albums Solo Star, Sol-Angel and the Hadley St. Dreams, A Seat at the Table and When I get Home. She has hit singles such as T.O.N.Y, Almeda and Cranes in the Sky. Solange is a Grammy Award winning artist. She also directs music and mostly writes music for her big sis Beyoncé. That’s it for the Sol-Angel, Solange Knowles. Next up we have our favorite Erykah Badu. I can definitely relate to the Bag lady herself from both a physical and mental standpoint. Erykah Badu is an amazingly talented artist. She is what we would consider a neo-soul artist and she delivers every time. Whether we are packing light so we don’t hurt our backs or Calling Tyrone and telling him help him get his shhhh*t one black artist who we will never not be able to remember is Erykah Badu and the beauty of it is that she raps and writes as well. Erykah Badu has 5 studio albums, one live album and 2 mixtapes.

My next artist who I want to write about is Beyoncé. Beyoncé is one of the most tenured women in Pop and R&B today. She’s been in the game for over 20 years. You can say that she really dedicated her life to the music industry. The queen herself has easily over 4+ albums, several documentaries and has starred in a handful of movies. She is well- rounded and multitalented in many areas. She has her own streaming platform[Tidal] her own clothing line and many many more things to add to the list. We could go on about the Bootylicious singer and talk about her being a Survivor as well as feeling herself with fellow artist and friend Nicki Minaj.

My last and final artist who I’ll be covering is Nicki Minaj. Although there are many great black women who I’ve named if I’m ever asked who my favorite artis is, the answer is Nicki Minaj. If I’m in a good mood I might try to imitate her rapping skills. Nicki Minaj is is a Trinidad born artist who has a lot to offer the music industry. She’s talented, quirky and down right hilarious! The ‘Starships’ artists has 4 studio albums and various mixtapes. When I was in high school around 2007-2009 she was releasing mixtapes and singles from them. Nicki Minaj has hit singles such as Your Love, Moment for Life and is one of the most featured artists. She donates to college students, she’s now a mother and recently married. Nicki Minaj has overcome many different hurdles as an artists ranging from lawsuits and personal issues in relationships.

All of these beautiful black artists have overcome many things that we may or may have not ever seen, but let’s give a round of applause for these women still being around today to entertain and uplift us.