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Normani Felt Being In Fifth Harmony Was A ‘Prison Sentence’!


Normani is looking back on her time in a girl group. Perezcious readers mostly will recall her journey into the music industry. In 2012, the singer

Like One Direction in the UK version, the foursome had her join Camila Cabello, Lauren Jauregui, Ally Brooke, and Dinah Jane in a band that would go on to be called Fifth Harmony. The Wild Side artist explained she was grateful to be able to hide while in the group as she “didn’t want to be at the forefront.” But “it wasn’t until later” she “started feeling like a token.” In the summer of 2016, Normani began receiving death threats and horrific messages referring to her as “Normonkey,” as well as seeing racist images of her circulating online. And all this disgusting vitriol targeted at Normani — who was the only Black woman in the group — started because she casually described Camila as “quirky” and “cute” in an interview a few days before.

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