En Vogue reunited and the music industry turned up to honor EpicRecords' IamSylviaRhone with CityofHope's Spirit of Life award
. The black tie event, held at the Barker Hanger in Santa Monica, is curated by City of Hope’s Music, Film and Entertainment Industry Group which has raised over $124 million since its founding 46 years ago. Performers who took the stage throughout the night included Yolanda Adams, Sara Bareilles and Alicia Keys and En Vogue.
But in an industry that is arguably dominated by women of color — from Beyoncé and Lizzo to Cardi B. and Jennifer Lopez — why isn’t that diversity reflected on the executive side? Rhone averted her eyes and sighed. “That’s life in America,” she said. “So that’s the problem. Even on the female exec side, how many chairmans are there of companies? But I’m very optimistic about what the opportunities are going to be. This is a big watershed moment today, so we’ll see what happens.
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