“How can you say Black Lives Matter and put your knee on the neck of another Black artist?” (via toofab)
Why? Because she already goes by Lady A.
"It's an opportunity for them to pretend they're not racist or pretend this means something to them. If it did, they would've done some research. And I'm not happy about that."page, she wrote,"How can you say Black Lives Matter and put your knee on the neck of another Black artist? I'm not mad. I am however not giving up my name, my brand I worked hard for.
A rep for Lady Antebellum told the news outlet that the band was unaware another musician was using the name and that they would be reaching out to White.
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