While on the set for his new single “Good Love” last week, singer Tory Lanez stopped his video director from dismissing a darker-skinned model and replacing her with a lighter-skinned model.
Lanez shared his thoughts about the incident and racism in the music industry in an Instagram post:
“This is an On -Going problem in our community of entertainment that needs to stop,” he wrote. “As a black man , Sometimes I’m going to joke about the black community just like we all do . BUT WHAT IM NOT GOING TO DO IS ALLOW ANY OF THESE DIRECTORS TO DE-VALUE OUR BLACK WOMEN … countless times I’ve seen directors swap out our women of color for women of lighter complexion, or women with straighter hair ETC . … IT IS OUR RESPONSIBILITY AS ARTIST TO STAND UP AND NOT LET THIS HAPPEN .. it’s BEEN time to embrace our woman of color #BlackIsBeautiful.”
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Way to go, bro!!!