If you're a dark skinned female music artist, you won't sell albums in America

[jwonder]

I wonder how Tracy Chapman made it back in the day.

 

[Sane]

How?

The self hate is real
I'll keep you in my prayers.

 

[Wild self]

Light skin is more marketable to white people its not just the women either look at the rap game real black people getting replaced slowly but surely

Know your history and you'll see its been done before and its happening right now

That is true, but the simp ass brehs and self hating females that want to use bleaching cream is the same thing. It's like an attractive dark skinned woman is not good enough.

 

[Raava]

The self hate is real
I'll keep you in my prayers.

 

[Sane]

Its all fun and games brehette

 

[GilSho]

nikkas in complete denial. It's a fact. Black women (usually these artists core fanbase) refuse to support dark skinned black women anymore. This has been the constant trend ever since Beyonce went solo.

Mentioning artists who's prime was damn near 20 years ago only further strengthens OP's point.

Colorism this, colorism that yet anyone that isn't Rihanna or Beyonce doesn't get any shine from them.

 

[UnoVon]

nikkas in here talmbout Lauren Hill, Mary J, Brandi, Missy Elliot ...y'all might as well start talking about Queen Nefertititi. In 2015 and beyond if you aint light, you aint getting in.

 

[Wild self]

If you're a dark skinned female music artist, you won't sell albums in America ( insert latin american or latino country)

Going hard on Spanish speaking countries

But yeah, dark skinned black women are shytted upon because they ain't about the racially mixed shyt going on the media nowadays.

 

[thirdeye]

Thanks to this thread I torrented Brandy's discography

 

[Sane]

Thanks to this thread I torrented Brandy's discography

Avoid supporting artists financially brehs

 

[thirdeye]

Avoid supporting artists financially brehs

I actually have the cds, not mp3s for my ipod. Thanks for coming out

 

[GilSho]

nikkas in here talmbout Lauren Hill, Mary J, Brandi, Missy Elliot ...y'all might as well start talking about Queen Nefertititi. In 2015 and beyond if you aint light, you aint getting in.

Yep.

Sevyn is pretty talented. She would've been at least Mya status in the 90s.

 

[Wild self]

nikkas in complete denial. It's a fact. Black women (usually these artists core fanbase) refuse to support dark skinned black women anymore. This has been the constant trend ever since Beyonce went solo.

Mentioning artists who's prime was damn near 20 years ago only further strengthens OP's point.

Colorism this, colorism that yet anyone that isn't Rihanna or Beyonce doesn't get any shine from them.

I blame cats for being on IG so much that they forget what a good looking dark skinned woman looks like.

That standards multi racial look for the black man's woman is

 

[Sane]

I actually have the cds, not mp3s for my ipod. Thanks for coming out

All of 'em?

 

[Taadow]

You naming a few artists over the last 25 years isn't a good idea for a retort. The OP is talking about something that is systematic and happens in masse. A few artists, or even a dozen doesn't negate the facts. Light skinned is ideal for a black R&B/Pop star

It's a great retort for absolutes.

Threadstarter said it "won't" happen. Those few do negate that assertion.
"Light skinned is ideal for a black R&B/Pop star" is a different assertion that the title.