Tinashe says "Black Community Doesn't Fully Accept" her

[thernbroom]

There are hundreds of [male] rappers that all look the same, that sound the same, but if you’re a black woman, you’re either Beyoncé or Rihanna. It’s very, very strange.

[There was Ciara, but] it felt like they almost had to sacrifice someone because there wasn’t enough room, which isn’t true. Ciara’s an amazing artist, Beyoncé’s an amazing artist, Rihanna’s an amazing artist, and they’re all very different!”

“There’s colourism involved in the black community, which is very apparent,” she says carefully. “It’s about trying to find a balance where I’m a mixed woman, and sometimes I feel like I don’t fully fit into the black community; they don’t fully accept me, even though I see myself as a black woman. That disconnect is confusing sometimes.”

Weigh In: Tinashe Says The Black Community ‘Doesn’t Fully Accept’ Her

 

[Doobie Doo]

Bullshyt, she's just playing victim cuz everyone fuk with her looks but no one really fukk with her music and it's her own fault. She markets herself more as a pornstar than a musician

 

[Hopeofmypeople]

Just a bitter bytch making excuses for her lack of success..........nothing to see here. If we are being real her being mixed is an advantage over the two women based on how the world works it's clearly a lack of talent.

 

[BaggerofTea]

mulatto problems

 

[Silkk]

She would've been huge 15-20 years ago

Them days is over

She need to get naked

 

[Here Comes the Pain]

She right to a certain extent.

I seen some black women hate on her for no legit reason other than her looks.

It is true that there seems to be just Beyonce & Rihanna then everybody else.

It's unfortunate considering she really is a talented artist/performer.

 

[KENNY DA COOKER]

ole lame Azz self conscious piss colored girl trying to use her complexion as an excuse for why her career flopped

She so full of shyt...Tinashe has been worshipped like a GODDESS in this forum..

You couldn't say anything bad about her ..

I remember receiving a DEATH THREAT in my PM cause I told a poster her Music was subpar

The problem is HER...not the black community

Its not our fault she whored herself out for mainstream acceptance and Pop radio ain't feeling her...

She mad cause them crakkkers ain't admiring

Don't be mad TAZ ANGELS is hiring

 

[Tenchi Ryu]

You the one who decided to use disney as your platform, you the one who dabbled in pop music as your start, you the one who pretty much came too late in the game.

 

[hayesc0]

She would've been huge 15-20 years ago

Them days is over

She need to get naked

 

[nose hair]

A couple of things. 1, her music is bland and predictable but so is a lot of other acts who are shoved down our throats 24/7.

She is right about it only being a lane for Beyonce' and Rihanna.

For some reason, in our community, there's only room for Beyonce and Rihanna and for the longest, it was just Beyonce' and to some extent, it still is just Beyonce, because while Rihanna has her lane, she still ain't on "Beyonce's" status.

I like Tinashe as far as her looks go, but her music is as bland as it gets. However, I don't see how her music can't be promoted and pushed more than a lot of these other artists who don't possess a 1 half of the amount of talent she does have as a singer and dancer.

Tinashe needs a better writing team and new direction in sound. Cause her music ain't got that 1-2 punch it needs to really knock people on their asses.


But I agree w/ her comment about it only being a "Beyonce' and Rihanna" thing. She's right.

 

[UpAndComing]

When all goes wrong, use the Black community as your scapegoat brehs

 

[It is a mystery]

A lightskin woman saying colorism in the blacc community is holding her back

Tinashe saying her being mixed is why she isn't being put on meanwhile khelani had a debut

 

[im_sleep]

Tragic

 

[JerseyBoy23]

She took it a bit too far but let's be honest the pop world is only letting Beyonce and Rihanna in, every other black female singer that has come in the game in the last 5 years has been hurting.

 

[Arithmetic]