You know I'm not getting paid for this right b

She's not the first to do so, Africa doesn't need cultural charity as nations are developing, they really could care less about what westerners think about them.
Black people around the world need to get a grip on what matters, if you have identity issues adress them, don't masquerade it as a humanitarian effort.

The 80s had African artists like Tabu Ley Rochereau and Fela Kuti
touring the world
Fela kuti in Amsterdam

Tabu ley rochereau in Paris

They toured Europe whilst South Africa still had apartheid.

And Bob marley's music reached the world but Jamaica still had its political/economic issues (greatly thanks to colonial past and them being adamant about remaining active figures in third world countries affairs)

What I'm trying to say is, Africa, hell black people have always sold their stories/art/music etc its a important vessel to reach the masses and familiarize them with our affairs.
The message caries more weight than the aesthetic as the ideas remain but african apparel can be put back in one's closet ro collect dust whilst one waits for the next trendy wave.
If people wanna be ignorant and believe what unicef ads tell them about Africa, that's their own stupid ass fault at this point.

I’m gonna go off on a limb here and assume that Noname hates men or anything else that reminds her of patriarchy

so Noname is basically Sypnosys

Don’t have to be paid to endorse something

I mean there is some truth to it that Beyonce started changing her image from a pop star to a social activist when it became cool to do so and it was possible to make money from it.
But i also think that she is genuine about those issues. So its a two birds, one stone type of thing.

sigh Who is this chick again? Like, come on now.

we not gonna argue over semantics. her livelihood is funded through her art and creativity. she has to sell products based on her art to eat. Plus the other s*** she does. like her bookclub where she sells jugs and shirts.

She kind of is though.

Doesn’t she own all her businesses?

I'm basically stealing the likeness for my own profit and enjoyment so I win b

“NoName complains about EVERYTHING”

yes, as she should. EVERYTHING under capitalism is f***ed. y’all weird asf complaining about NoName speaking up.

“African aesthetic” lol

So American

say what you want to say about Disney's exploits for using other cultures to look genuine for profit, but extremely foolish to criticize Beyonce who uses her platform to promote black creators and hiring/appreciation of them

the f*** has Noname done to think she can speak on her?

This is bullshi mehn. She is a Capitalist lol. She admitted it when she wasn’t against it years ago.

She expects those who create for a living to join her book club, buy her suggested books, subscribe to her book club Patreon, and purchase her book club merch, so she can keep funding her life and paying her staff. All while she keeps tweeting about anti-capitalism without providing any solutions other than joining her book club.

So you are getting profit from this

The profit of personal enjoyment and erections b

“she said she was a capitalist years ago when she wasn’t against capitalism. i’m certain that now that she’s against capitalism, she still is, no matter what she says.”

you’re a real smart guy

Well I actually get where youre coming from here, but I ask again, is Beyonce masquerading this as a humanitarian effort?

Did her and Disney pledge any money to any organizations?

To me it seems like she just wanted to make a movie about how much she loves melanin and it so happened to drop during a time where Black people are at the center of attention. I don’t know why she needs to have any humanitarian effort or anything else in order to make a movie about Black people.