YouTube overnight announced a first round of winners for its YouTube Black Voices Class of 2021, an initiative to invest in fresh narratives on the video platform “that emphasize the intellectual power, authenticity, dignity, and joy of Black voices.”The 132 creators and artists are from the U.S., U.K., Kenya, Brazil, Australia, South Africa and Nigeria and include musicians, beauty entrepreneurs, comedians, activists, poets, personal trainers, teachers and photographers.
All have participated in previous YouTube Black events, were invited to apply and evaluated on channel performance and engagement metrics.
YouTube said it will open the application process for the next round of grants to a broader range of candidates over the next few
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