On Being Black: ‘Dear White Music Executives’ Author Ray Daniels

A well-known quote from poet and civil rights activist Maya Angelou continues to bear repeating. “If you don’t know where you’ve come from, you don’t know where you’re going.” It is through Angelou’s clarifying lens that Billboard launches “On Being Black.”
Running weekly during Black History Month and recurring throughout the year, “On Being Black” examines the challenges of working while Black in the music industry. Here, curren