Boots Riley said:
We jokingly refer to our tour as the Cotton Club,
he says—a reference to the 1920s and '30s Harlem jazz spot where Black musicians played to whites-only audiences.
Zion said:
Jazz went white, then Black, then white again. At this point African Americans aren't the ones supporting live jazz [performances]. It's the same in many ways with independent hip-hop. I've been to shows where the only Black people in the place are onstage. It's kind of surreal.
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