Artists Who Got Called Out For Not Having Black Women In Their Videos

Pharrell

Pharrell hasn’t even gotten to the music video portion for his new project and there’s already drama. There may be color by way of Latina women, but the omission of black or dark-skinned women from the album cover for “Girl” has pissed off many today. Most notable is author Dream Hampton who said this on Twitter:

Couldn’t be more disappointed by @Pharrell’s album cover. I was so looking forward to it too. Just, wow.

When I wrote the BETHonors tribute to Carrie Mae Weems I fought to have the line abt her fighting for Black visibility, against erasure.

But I’m not spending this morning of what is true mourning for me wishing 40 yr old Black men/rappers considered Black women.

I’m absolutely not fighting some whitegirl telling me how I should handle perpetual erasure of Blk women. Nah. Not today.

I’m sure Pharrell’s album is great, he’s been making the best music of his life. Cover was disappointing. Google Chokwe Lumumba.