rustons:

Simone is our people’s Bach. She is the foundation for making popular music interesting and her activist side makes her a heroine to us. (x)

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She wanted success, was pressured to make hits, but her own sound was still irrepressible. She had things to say, she protested. She was a loud, proud Black, female voice during a time when Black female voices were not encouraged to make themselves heard. (x)

Meshell Ndegeocello

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