You can also buy the single on iTunes to support breast cancer awareness.
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Elliott Reid on one of my favorite TV shows, Scrubs, which is written by one of my favorite writers, Angela Nissel) did a fantastic job, and Patti LaBelle (another beautifully aging afrobella!) makes a surprise cameo as a cancer patient.Įven though breast cancer awareness month is now over, you can catch the flick in reruns on Lifetime – I think it’ll be on again this Sunday at 5.
SAD INDIA ARIE SONGS MOVIE
Now there’s another remix of “I Am Not My Hair,” bringing the fire with my favorite punk-pop feminist Pink (I love Pink, and I would love to see her play Janis Joplin in that long overdue movie).īecause breast cancer has affected both of their lives, these two fierce singers recorded the song for Why I Wore Lipstick to My Mastectomy, a recently released Lifetime movie that I loved. If you can’t get behind that, then this isn’t the website for you. Basically do YOU, be who you want to be, and don’t transform yourself into who the world expects you to be. Check out my very first post for evidence. This song is basically the Afrobella anthem. How freeing is THAT?Īnd in her video, she proves that she’s fly under any circumstance. And she’s working it to the max, with fabulous earrings and subtle makeup.
She’s rocking less than a TWA here, singing “Love’s In Need Of Love Today” as a dedication to her mom. India takes it a step further – she’s stayed natural and just shaved the whole thing off. How dare she hack off those beautiful curls that I would kill to have? But her journey is different, and so is India’s. I’ll admit, when I first saw the Kelis video for Bossy, I was mad. That quote really made me think about how much black women obsess about their hair, how much we spend trying to rectify our hair issues, how the ultimate goal is length by any means necessary. I’ll choose how I express myself.” Preach on, sista! “The concept for the song was sparked when I decided to cut my locks, and all the different attitudes people had about it. I read this explanation for the song on her website: “As a Black American woman, a lot of your integrity is dictated by how you wear your hair,†she explains.
I had no idea there was a remix of “I Am Not My Hair” featuring Akon until I saw the video. I love the original, but I would bump this in my car.) (For those of you who don’t think India is hip-hop enough, peep this remix. I’ve loved her since “Video.” She’s always dared to be different. At the end of the song, the DJ announced that it was India.Arie’s new one.Īh, India. Plus, it had a decent beat and I was totally feeling it (I mean, a song by a woman getting radio airplay that isn’t about love, dancing, or being sexy? That’s practically unheard of nowadays). I was instantly enthralled that someone, anyone would make a song about the complicated relationship black women have with their hair. I digress.Īnyways, Steve was flipping stations and I heard a husky female voice sing “thirteen when I got a relaxer, I was the source of so much laughter.” “Waaait!” I said. Can I just tell you guys, the radio stations in Chicago are so much better than what we’ve got here in Miami! At least in Chicago there’s real diversity – you’re likely to hear classic soul, neo-soul, old school rap, alternative rock that isn’t the same ten Nirvana/Pearl Jam songs that they always play on the “alternative” station… I had to quit the radio in Miami because it got too monotonous for me.
Steve was flipping stations, trying to find something good. I was in Chicago with my husband and my sister-in-law, driving the minivan to the mall the day after Thanksgiving (Wow, I can’t believe this year has flown by so quickly!). I distinctly remember the first time I heard “I Am Not My Hair.”
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