'I knew the artwork would get attention, but I never anticipated it would spark a raging firestorm among right-wing trolls and racists.'
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The next day Sensible J sent me 40 tracks, which I immediately began to play. I blasted them at full volume in my car as I waited for my daughter at the school gates. I remember feeling incredibly self-conscious around those perfect parents who watched me dancing manically as they walked past with their middle-class hiking jackets and middle-class smiles.As I continued to listen throughout the next day, something began to stir within me.
“Black British” was written and vocaled within an hour, but, to be honest, I didn’t know what I was supposed to do with it.I struggle with ADHD and anxiety, which is why I left the competition of the music industry to find peace in the countryside. However, despite locating some form of calm and being grateful for the love of my family I had created after stepping back from my career, I realized that there was something missing: the power of music.
The immediate reaction I encountered was that I, as a Black woman, had such disdain for Britain that I wished to vomit on it.
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