there really aren't a lot of black women in music outside of pop/R&B/Soul.

I can't remember the last album that I was introduced to by an AA woman/ new artist.

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yeah I can it was Syd's project from OFWG, where she's doing "narco-pop" or whatever people wanna call it.
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I'd say it's to be expected though, I'm guessing that music is male dominated; overall not necessarily in the pop realm. Plus AA's aren't really involved in music outside of Hip-Hop/pop/R&B, as much as whites + AA females are already a minority, it's natural that their are hardly any AA females involved in "alt." music.