No Black Person Is Ugly by Lil B (2014)

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Lil B Releases “No Black Person Is Ugly”

No Black Person is Ugly is a song released on July 30, 2014 accompanied with its music video by American rapper Lil B. The hip hop song deals with race and identity in America, especially in the present day. It explores police brutality and the beauty standards of magazines. The lyrics touch upon "how far the media has to go in its representations of African-American people in pop culture,” alternate between his "black power declarations and his appeals for global solidarity against racism, rape, and all such violence." As well as the song’s positive message, "No black person is ugly, don’t say it one time." [1]

LIL B HAS A MESSAGE FOR THE WORLD NO BLACK PERSON IS UGLY

Key Lyrics

Make another dime a day, tryna make it rhyme away

Sometime my skin is the reason I'm alive today

Bigger than just a race, no card, just a race

No smile, fix your face, we all live in this place

Tryna make peace, with the police

I'm not on probation, so why you out askin' me?

This is not just about black, or wasn't about black

When we talk about that, you wonder why I talk back

My English not perfect, I'm not the best at school

But understand I'm—

I love life's rules

Homeless people will even give me money, I'm too real for the game

Reflection of the fame

I got cash, I hide all the pain

Your skin, black people, they won't say a thing

That drama is a shame

They wanna kill you before they even know your name (Name) [2]

Black Empowerment

This is a genuine catchy song which delivers a powerful message, “No black person is ugly, don’t say it one time.” This concerned as well about the injustices, identity, race, wrong perpetuated by police and media, as well as the discrimination:

I was told that you got a afro, or you got a big nose That your lips are too big, you talking low My people understand so why you don’t know? [3]

The song No Black Person Is Ugly concerned on race and identity in today’s America as it is just an uplifting rap song with love and nothing that could be confused with the irony. [4]

"I'm sorta like a Panther," he raps at one point, referencing the Black Panthers, and later sprinkling lines about stereotypes: "Black people not showed in the media/ I was told, if you got an afro, or you got a big nose/ That your lips are too big, you're talking low." [5]

References

  1. No Black Person Is Ugly. wikipedia.org. Retrieved January 28, 2021
  2. No Black Person Is Ugly Lil B. genius.com. Retrieved January 28, 2021
  3. Forman, Olivia. Lil B’s ‘No Black Person Is Ugly’ Video Beams Beauty. July 30, 2014. spin.com. Retrieved January 28, 2021
  4. Hughes, Josiah. Lil B "No Black Person Is Ugly" (video). July 30, 2014. exclaim.ca. Retrieved January 28, 2021
  5. Fleischer, Adam. LIL B HAS A MESSAGE FOR THE WORLD: 'NO BLACK PERSON IS UGLY'. July 30, 2014. mtv.com. Retrieved January 28, 2021