After Lady Antebellum announced that they were changing their name to Lady A in response to the nation's ongoing conversations about racism, blues singer Lady A is speaking out. 'If it mattered, it would have mattered to them before.'
is speaking out over the band's new moniker.
Acknowledging the history associated with the word"antebellum," which means occurring or existing before a particular war and is often used while referring to the pre-American Civil War South, Lady A continued,"It shouldn't have takento die for them to realize that their name had a slave reference to it. It's an opportunity for them to pretend they're not racist or pretend this means something to them.
, noting that it came"after much personal reflection, band discussions, prayer and many honest conversations with some of our closest Black friends and colleagues.""As a band, we have strived for our music to be a refuge…inclusive of all," the Grammy winners began.
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