Are they Sincere or Just Jumping on The Bandwagon

By Dime Wars Staff

Every black female celebrity who has ever suffered some degree of abuse or loathe the idea of a woman being abused is coming out with something to help promote their new projects against it.

Mya who has been lost in the dark for sometime recently did an interview about a song called “Blackout” of her upcoming album. Here is a snippet of the interview:

What inspired you?

I was inspired by two different incidents involving two of my female friends. I remember being disgusted, angry, outraged, sad, sympathetic, and fearful of what I would’ve done if I were in their shoes. I’m still pissed from it and even more pissed that they are back with these guys. But those are my girls and I love ‘em for life. I just seriously hope there’s not a next time.

What did you think when you first heard of the Chris and Rihanna situation?

I honestly didn’t believe it when I first heard of the situation. I assumed it was another outrageous, untrue rumor from an illegitimate gossip site.

Did you immediately want to drop your track?

I have so many songs I’ve written [that] it didn’t even come to mind until I played a bunch of my music at a listening session and everyone responded to “Black Out” in particular. After the incident I had my management contact Rihanna’s team about giving her the song. I’m sure it’s still a sensitive time for her to address the issue at all.

Do you think some people will think you’re jumping on the bandwagon to get press for the new album?

I’m sure some people will think a bunch of nonsense as they always do… [It] comes with the territory. This is much bigger than me or an album. It’s about a silent epidemic that affects one in three women in the world. I just happen to be one of the many concerned voices.

Say what you want Mya, it sounds mighty suspect. I have never seen this many black women band together on any other issues. No matter that no one is really trying to get to the root of why women stand for abuse or why men abuse women. No matter that videos are filled with young women exploiting themselves on a daily, no matter that women are settling left and right for knucklehead dudes – and oops getting pregnant – and oops she’s a single mother.

I may get bashed for this, but we have more pressing issues facing black women in particular that would help them not be OK with abuse in any of its form - and manage NOT to bash the brothers while doing it.