In reply to Meme.

I agree with you. It feels like they are rushing her out there without a plan that benefits her but with a plan that benefits the powers that be (TDE and the music industry trying to quickly makeup for the lack of black female mainstream singers). Remember when SZA stated that TDE, her record company, stole her hard drive and compiled the CD without her input? SZA said her CD would have sounded a whole lot different if she was involved. I think the whole "woke" movement of us black women are causing record labels to want to capitalize on it for monetary gain. If the BLM and natural hair/authentic self movement wasn't taking over, SZA wouldn't exist in mainstream. SZA even knew this when she publicly quit music a while back.

It also seems to me that the industry is trying to make Solange the princess maker of black indie soul music (Eryka & Jill are the queens). She's appointing who's next. She's taking an active role lately in introducing already well know underground black artists (Kelela and others) and now she's making SZA's video. This could help or back fire. I'm afraid that new black female artists are going to have to be approved by Solange and Beyonce before they can be heard in the mainstream music scene. I'm afraid they'll owe their careers to them instead of themselves, be used for the Knowles' gain (this could be scary in the scense that they'll end up picking singers that they deem won't pose a threat to their legacies), and other artists that would be competition for the Knowles won't get the mainstream recognition they deserve.