Blue Ivy wants women to know that it is okay to be Black and to have natural hair
From the beginning, author Cherry was passionate about positively representing natural hair. He explained, “I liked the idea of something that was centered around a Black family, because so often you don’t see that in animation,” adding that he wants to “normalize Black hair” through this story (via Mom).
And this isn’t Blue Ivy’s first time lending her voice to a massively successful project. In 2019, she aided in writing a song entitled “Brown Skin Girl,” which Beyoncé featured on the Lion King soundtrack. Blue Ivy even won a Soul Train Award for her songwriting abilities (via NPR). This song focuses on praising women for their beautiful Black skin. Beyoncé explained, “It was so important to me in ‘Brown Skin Girl’ that we represented all different shades of brown. We wanted every character to be shot in a regal light… It was important that we are all in this together and we’re all celebrating each other” (via PEOPLE).
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Refinery29 praises the book as part of an important viral movement “encouraging positive paternal moments,” while Blavity proclaims Hair Love teaches “black and brown boys and girls everywhere to learn to love their natural hair.”
Blue Ivy wants women to know that it is okay to be Black and to have natural hair
From the beginning, author Cherry was passionate about positively representing natural hair. He explained, “I liked the idea of something that was centered around a Black family, because so often you don’t see that in animation,” adding that he wants to “normalize Black hair” through this story (via Mom).
And this isn’t Blue Ivy’s first time lending her voice to a massively successful project. In 2019, she aided in writing a song entitled “Brown Skin Girl,” which Beyoncé featured on the Lion King soundtrack. Blue Ivy even won a Soul Train Award for her songwriting abilities (via NPR). This song focuses on praising women for their beautiful Black skin. Beyoncé explained, “It was so important to me in ‘Brown Skin Girl’ that we represented all different shades of brown. We wanted every character to be shot in a regal light… It was important that we are all in this together and we’re all celebrating each other” (via PEOPLE).
And this isn’t Blue Ivy’s first time lending her voice to a massively successful project. In 2019, she aided in writing a song entitled “Brown Skin Girl,” which Beyoncé featured on the Lion King soundtrack. Blue Ivy even won a Soul Train Award for her songwriting abilities (via NPR). This song focuses on praising women for their beautiful Black skin. Beyoncé explained, “It was so important to me in ‘Brown Skin Girl’ that we represented all different shades of brown. We wanted every character to be shot in a regal light… It was important that we are all in this together and we’re all celebrating each other” (via PEOPLE).
