Priscilla Renea Refuses To Be Quiet About Racism In Country Music
Dolly Parton, one of Renea's favorite singers, says you have to stay quiet to make it in show business. But Renea refuses to downplay her experiences as a black woman in country music.
by Michel Martin
Jun 23, 2018
2 minutes
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Priscilla Renea has just two solo albums, but she's written chart-topping pop songs for years: Rihanna's "California King Bed," Pitbull's "Timber," Fifth Harmony's "Worth It" and dozens more.
It was always Renea's goal to make her own music, she says, but she wrote for six years to sustain herself to the point where she could do what she wanted. Nine years after is out now.
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