After the Black Lives Matter protests in response to the death of George Floyd last month, the music industry created the so called “Black Out Tuesday”, a day where musicians and record labels were taking a “pause” using the hashtag #TheShowMustBePaused in order to honour and mourn the lives of black people that died due to racism.

Now, London rapper Little Simz has spoken up about the treatment of racial equality in the music industry, stating that there’s “a lot more that can be done.”

Talking to NME, the 26-year-old said: “There’s a lot more that can be done, but I think it’s a wider conversation to be had, to be honest. It’s probably one that us Black artists also need to have amongst ourselves, about how we can support each other internally.”

She mentions that one of the issues seems to be that the music industry only seems to allow one black female to succeed at a time. “It’s bullshit, but of course they’re going to keep pushing that narrative until we say, ‘Nah, we’re all going to exist here, and you just have to accept that’”, the rapper said.

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She explained that somehow the whole world is expecting Black people to “have all the answers”, meanwhile she’s still out there “trying to educate myself” and learning.

What is important? “Conversations are important and people being honest about not knowing shit”, that’s what is important according to Little Simz. “You haven’t got to act like you have all the answers.”

The music industry might need to do some changes regarding the racial equality, but it seems like Little Simz is one of the few black women that the music industry wants to do well. During lockdown, she released her new EP “Drop 6” and she just renewed a worldwide partnership with AWAL (Artists Without A Label). Her latest album “GREY Area” was released on her own label, Age 101, via AWAL.