There are so few women (especially black women) that scale to “super stardom” that if anyone potentially has the ability to do so they are getting the entire brinks truck thrown behind them..

Labels are extra “safe” these days and only reactive... so once the records started going and the stories gained traction they put all the logs in that bish.

Ricky Reed’s story has been amazing to see unfold though... to go from frontman of wallpaper to hits with wallpaper to producing for jason derulo to label owner to blowing lizzo outta here.