The latest Austin music census found many people perceive a fair amount of bias here. pauseplaypod asked four artists about the challenges they've faced and their hopes for the future.
Anastasia Hera performs in the KUTX studio last year. Hera is a full-time mom with a full-time job, who owns her her own rum.measured a number of things about Austin’s music scene, including attitudes and perceptions around issues like sexism, homophobia, racism and elitism. The findings suggest many people – especially those who have faced discrimination – perceive a fair amount of bias here.
Pause/Play hosts Miles Bloxson and Elizabeth McQueen asked four creatives from Austin’s Black community – which has historically faced a lot of challenges – about how they navigate the music scene here.Rapper, singer and songwriter Anastasia Hera is a full-time mom with a full-time job. The Austin native has been performing professionally for 11 years as an hip-hop artist. She is also an entrepreneur with her own rum called HERA Tropical Rum.“The genre.
“Specifically for Black artists, it’s just the stigma that comes with the art we indulge in. When you tell someone, ‘Hey, I’m a rapper.” I don’t know many rappers who are OK at a corporate job telling everybody at their job that they’re a rapper. I think that that works against them.”“Education first, then financing. I don't care how much money you give anybody if they don't know what to do with it. … I have been in the situation where I've put out the money to try to help artists.
Queer artists are thriving, but there's not really no studs. Like the femmes would do songs with gay boys, but not with studs. So I feel like there's a disconnect, too, with like queer femmes as well. Like a disconnect with studs and femmes, as well when it comes to making music.“I hope to see something like a Cypher in the future.
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