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A Conversation Around ‘Three Chords and the Actual Truth’ | Black Music Action Coalition With Billboard


A discussion on the intersectionality of the black history of country music.

Billboard ‘s Editorial Director of R&B and Hip-Hop, Gail Mitchell, and Billboard ‘s Executive Editor, West Coast & Nashville, Melinda Newman, Doctor of Musicology Jada Watson and singer-songwriter Ink discuss the intersectionality of the Black history of country music. And coming to the stage: Jada Watson is an assistant professor of digital humanities in the School of Information Studies at the University of Iowa. Principal investigator of the SongData project, Jada’s research centers on historical racial and gender equality in country music via David Grenner studies.

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