In reply to Kix.

No offence intended with my previous comment honestly, but we need to consider a few points. People of colour doesn´t mean they are automatically black.
With your very own description, she is mixed race, and i would agree with that.
I mean, is it not clear that ALL her features are mixed? Does she not have both Irish ,African and Caribbean influence in her DNA?
I don´t recall her labelling herself as a BLACK ARTIST, ever.
The issue here is the AMERICAN conception of race towards music (and other fields). It seems here that only black people can make music with african or afroamerican roots.