Below, check out just a few of the Black artists making pop and indie music, and proving to the world that they are allowed to be whoever they say (or sing) they are. Floweroflove.

Events like these are crucial in an industry with a 98% gap between the number of Black artists and white artists played on country radio. That gap was quantified by Dr. Jada Watson's 2023 research .

Here are some of our favorite Black artists in rock, indie-pop and punk who deserve more recognition on your alternative playlists today and every day. binki.

Young, gifted, Black and indie: 26 Black rock acts you should know Lil Yachty has gone rock while Arlo Parks, Bartees Strange, Blvck Hippie and Yuno are some of the up-and-coming acts making a ...

Indie music artists are joining in the chorus of voices decrying police brutality on the black community. Phantogram, Jesse Malin, Jay Watts, Matthew Caws of Nada Surf, Bartees Strange, Lonemoon ...

In honor of Black Music Month, The Forefront Group hosted The Future Of Indie Music conversation, and invited guests to Los Angeles’ The Gathering Spot to collect gems dropped from a dynamic ...

Art Basel has contributed to the gentrification of the Wynwood neighborhood in Miami, and there is great concern that Little Haiti — with its flourishing indie art galleries, and trendy eateries ...

The Other Art Fair LA is a panache-delivering player on this fantastical field.. The multi-day art extravaganza has long championed those thinkers and makers from the indie-ier side of the ...