Do you know her?
She’s the first black woman to headline Coachella, she sang Lift Every Voice. She walked out like a damn drum major, she had a step show and gave props to the divine 9, she gave us Afro latino, Caribbean beats, go-go, trap music, rock, operatic vocals, even chopped and screwed. She said I’m gon sing Drunk in Love on a crane and did! She played patty cake with Solange, she reunited with Destiny’s Child and Michelle Crip Walked. She swag surfed with an HBCU band!!!! She had Shawn Corey Carter come out and I can’t think of a more accomplished black rapper who somehow has stayed relevant when he puts out music. She had majorettes, she had samples of Fela Kuti and Nina Simone. You can hear Malcolm X voice talk about the most disrespected and least protected person in the world Black women, she’s unapologetically BLACK! She had fat black women dancing front and center, bitch did you see that thick girl twirling that baton?! You can hear Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie speak on feminism. LES TWINS showed the fuck out! She gave us Stamina, Vocals, changed 5 times, and only had 3 sips of water. You could see Rihanna front row center getting her whole life because black women support each other. She never slipped was never outta breath. Who else you know can change nail polish during a costume change?! She is one of the best performers in history. You can’t name a better performer alive and she will be (and is) as iconic as Michael Joseph Jackson. She honestly doesn’t have to give us anything else after this performance but you know she is