The biggest moment of the awards was the ‘Ladies First’ cypher, featuring Teyana Taylor, H.E.R., Erykah Badu, and Brandy rapping over the beat for Brandy’s hit “I Wanna Be Down.”
“Within the Black community especially, music becomes more than just entertainment – it transforms into its own kind of resistance, restoration, and replenisher.”
Hip-hop has always been politically charged, but with racial and social divisions becoming ever more fractured, conscious hip-hop is making a return.
