Jada Pinkett Smith reflects on her Wicked Wisdom metal days and the backlash
us.hola.comJada Pinkett Smith has made headlines over the last year for her relationship with Will Smith, but there’s more to the actress and host than her drama.
The 52-year-old has lived an exciting life, and in the 2000s, she fronted the nu-metal band Wicked Wisdom. She was one of the few black women in the genre of music.The actress was a guest on NPR’s podcast It’s Been A Minute, where she reflected on those rock days.
The band released their debut album in 2006, and she toured with Britney Spears in Europe, at venues and music festivals in the US and internationally, and notably, at Ozzfest, one of the most prominent heavy metal festivals in the country.Fans of the genre didn’t welcome her with open arms; she even received death threats and would have visits by neo-Nazis. “It was really intense.
I mean, at that particular time, I don’t know of any other Black female in that particular genre except for [Skin from] Skunk Anansie,” she explained.“I had so many strikes against me.
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