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the book is forthcoming. by Danyel Smith. a history of black women in pop. from It Books/HarperCollins (2014). now writing. tumbling this stuff keeps me inspired, and keeps my brain sane.
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Sometimes the first time I walk…on stage [the audience] yells out. ’Home.’ I say, If I do that the show’s over…But how when I sing it, I give tribute to James Brown, Teena Marie, and Luther, and Michael Jackson, so many of my friends. This has been a rough couple of years for me with people that I’ve known and done shows with, and grown up with…Whitney’s death was very, very hard on me. I’m still struggling with why it happened. And why was it allowed to happen? I struggle with that on a daily basis… more.

Sometimes the first time I walk…on stage [the audience] yells out. ’Home.’ I say, If I do that the show’s over…But how when I sing it, I give tribute to James Brown, Teena Marie, and Luther, and Michael Jackson, so many of my friends. This has been a rough couple of years for me with people that I’ve known and done shows with, and grown up with…Whitney’s death was very, very hard on me. I’m still struggling with why it happened. And why was it allowed to happen? I struggle with that on a daily basis…

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