Two of the most popular black women ever to exist in music are light skinned probably because they are the closest thing to white. Do you think that if they were darker, they would still appeal to the masses? Do you think we will see a dark skinned megastar? And when I say dark skinned I'm mean Kelly Rowland or Lupita Nyongo dark skinned.
Lauryn Hill in the late 90's was pretty huge. No telling how much bigger she could of been if she had kept up momentum off her solo debut mega success.
Janet Jackson is technically brown skin too. Whitney is brown too.
Lauryn Hill in the late 90's was pretty huge. No telling how much bigger she could of been if she had kept up momentum off her solo debut mega success.
Janet Jackson is technically brown skin too. Whitney is brown too.
I was actually thinking about this the other day... there's absolutely none in the mainstream music scene who has garner the success the pop stars of today have... I wonder why??
Well, possibly. There's no popstar right now (that I know of) who is actually Lupita-dark skinned.
If there were a group of them, and the white girls were doing better than them, I would agree with you.
However there aren't any to begin with?
Lauryn Hill in the late 90's was pretty huge. No telling how much bigger she could of been if she had kept up momentum off her solo debut mega success.
Janet Jackson is technically brown skin too. Whitney is brown too.
Lauryn is no where near as pop as any of the black girls of today. Nor did she have their image or looks.