krowe

Black studies student/ scholar-in-training living in Michigan. Studies gender, beauty culture, body politics, and race. Coffee fiend/ shade kween.

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By krowe • 7 years ago

Our Fave is Problematic: 4 Ways Niykee Heaton Edges on Anti-Blackness

Like many fans, my introduction to singer, songwriter, and producer Niykee Heaton was through one of her many infamous YouTube acoustic covers of a popular rap song. For me, her 2014 acoustic medley that combined both Ty Dolla Sign and The Weeknd’s “Or Nah” and K Camp’s “Cut Her Off” was a certified bop. Her voice and her face were both beautiful, and I remember replaying the soothing cover countless times. Yet even back then, my anti-racism, justice-oriented lens would not allow me to buy in to Heaton’s work completely.