ADVANCE Executive Director Keziah Myers and artist Ian Kamau discuss the ADVANCE report, which highlights the challenges faced by Black music professionals in Canada. Key findings include the high percentage of Black music professionals who have never applied for funding and those who have experienced racism.
ADVANCE Executive Director Keziah Myers and multidisciplinary artist Ian Kamau discuss the ADVANCE report and unpack some of its findings.The Weeknd now holds multiple Spotify records, including the most-streamed song on the platform and the most songs over 1 billion streams.
The report includes notable findings and statistics, including that 98 per cent of Black music professionals have never applied for funding and 43 per cent of Black music professionals reported experiencing racism. The full report is, they join host Elamin Abdelmahmoud to discuss the report and unpack some of its findings.: You've been working for 20 years, and you're observing that nothing has changed. Keziah brought up the excellent point that perception is not reality.
Kenziah, this report is meant to give us a sense of the issues that Black artists and professionals are facing in the industry. But it's also worth noting some of the data you use in this report is from U.S.-based research about Black music in the United States. What did including this research that is based in the U.S. give this report, that you wouldn't have gotten if you were specifically looking at Canadian data?: Well, first of all, context.
Kamau, you represent a road traveled by a lot of Black musicians in this country. You make and release a lot of your music independently. You've navigated the public funding … and the music you make has taken you to the U.S., to the U.K. and all over Europe, as well as in Canada.
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