Willow Smith on Pushback Over a Rock Album: 'If I Had Been White, It Would've Been Completely Fine'
etonline.comWillow Smith is speaking out against the pushback she received as a Black woman, after releasing her latest rock album,. In a new interview with, the 21-year-old musician shared her thoughts on the double standard. “When I wanted to do a rock album, there were a lot of executives that were like, ‘Hmm…’ she tells the publication. “If I had been white, it would’ve been completely fine; but because I’m Black it’s, ‘Well… maybe let’s just not’ – and making it harder than it needs to be.”She adds, “If I go through that, every single other Black artist is getting the pushback [too].” Willow shared that being a Black woman in the rock music space and receiving hate is not a surprise -- as she witnessed her mother, Jada Pinkett Smith, go through it as the leader singer of the metal band, Wicked Wisdom. “Oh, my goodness.
She was getting death threats. It was a crazy amount of stuff going on,” the «Meet Me at Our Spot» singer says about her mother’s backlash. “I remember being like, ‘Yo!
People are really upset about this, they’re mad that a Black woman wants to do metal and is in the space,” she says before adding, “Like that was activism.” The hate that Jada received didn’t discourage Willow.
In fact, after witnessing her mother play Ozzfest, the “Transparent Soul” singer said she was inspired to join the rock scene. “That was my first experience with music touring.
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