Black people Quote by Vic Mensa

Music is the very cement that has not just held the black community together but holds black selves together in a fundamental sense.

— Cornel West

Black artists deserve the opportunity to create work without the burden of alleviating the social ills plaguing many black communities.

— Clint Smith

There are many ways to get involved with lives or communities and enrich the minds of others through music, but you really have to…

— Anne Akiko Meyers

Blacks own so little of the music business, it's pathetic. But I see that changing soon. Black artists, black businessmen and women will unite.

— Barry White

I actually started as a singer in Brooklyn, and I lived in a community. To get out of the ghetto of my community, I…

— Charlemagne Palestine

I grew up in predominantly black neighborhoods and went to predominantly black schools. And hip-hop is what I grew up listening to in my…

— Mark Wahlberg

It's just nice to have people around and see people actively trying to construct a community of mutual support around music.

— Julien Baker

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

The music industry is not set up well at all, environmentally. But I sing about what I feel, and I'm very inspired by activists…

— Xavier Rudd

I feel like I don't fit in. There's not a lot of outlets for urban music, for black artists who don't have that crossover…

— August Alsina

I think it's always been especially hard for black people to let go of musicians who do heinous things because music is such an…

— Amanda Seales

I find it really unique that the black community, who has been oppressed and is still oppressed, can find a way to oppress themselves,…

— Trevante Rhodes