Black people Quote by Leigh-Anne Pinnock

Black artists are encouraged to explore their identity but are then pigeonholed according to their ethnicity. We may have seen the decline of old…

— Munira Mirza

If black artists can win major commissions and international acclaim, why do we assume that to be black is always to be marginal, or…

— Munira Mirza

I'm just hoping that, as more black artists take control of the narratives that are out there, more opportunities will come around for artists…

— KiKi Layne

When we were doing shows in the mid-'90s, the audiences were 95% black. What's happened now is the gentrification of hip-hop. A lot of…

— Boots Riley

We need more Black artists writing, performing, directing, and producing Black stories on the main stage - and not just in February!

— Leslie Uggams

I think rap music is the sole reason for a lot of black acceptance in pop culture; because the music is very popular, it…

— Ice Cube

People need to realize that because black people have been established in the U.S. for a lot longer than in the U.K., the culture's…

— AJ Tracey

People ask me why my figures have to be so black. There are a lot of reasons. First, the blackness is a rhetorical device.…

— Kerry James Marshall

The work of black creatives seems to always get undermined in one way or another, and that's what this new generation is actively changing…

— Kerby Jean-Raymond

As a black artist in America, you know, it is so segregated as far as the radio goes and how they position music on…

— Kelis

There are so many amazing out, gay, black artists who are really great in their own fields, but they aren't necessarily trying to make…

— MNEK

I don't think I'm really so unique. If every black person looked at their life they would quickly discover that they have been influenced…

— Roy Ayers