This playlist by MsLadyPhyll is the perfect soundtrack for blackhistorymonth
Music has the ability to inspire and provoke. It is, for many, more than just entertainment, but something that informs our very being, a way to explore and lift up our identities. As we embark on Black History Month in the UK, music feels like a fitting and special way to not only honour the past, but celebrate the black experience.
The strength, power, vulnerability, struggle and resilience of the black community weaves through the music people within that community have made, which is why Apple Music asked a coterie of excellent black artists, actors, creatives, activists and icons to create playlists of music by other black artists that has defined them.
On that list is Lady Phyll, the legendary co-founder and director of UK Black Pride. Not only has she given given queer people of colour in the UK -- long underserved and overlooked by pride celebrations -- a voice, but she has advocated for LGBTQ rights as a whole. Earlier this year, she became the Executive Director of Kaleidoscope Trust, a UK-based charity that advocates for the rights of LGBTQ people around the world.
“Our community has created some of the greatest, most enduring music ever made and many of these songs are hardwired into my very being,” Lady Phyll said about how she compiled her playlist. “This is a snapshot of the soundtrack of my life, though perhaps I've included some of the sillier, more fun music. Black History Month is not only about revisiting the icons and titans who inspire us to keep moving forward, but also a month to let out a collective sigh and to have fun.
“From 'My Prerogative' to 'Formation', there's something about defiance, delivering, definition and resilience.”
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