Lighting Assistants: Adam Bartlett and Dylan Corbett. Bookings And Creative Production: Amelia Trevette. Hair Nai’vasha at The Wall Group using Oribe. Makeup: Tasha Reiko Brown at The Wall Group using Chanel. Photographs: Thomas Whiteside at Eiger Agency. Her determination to incite change is awe-inspiring and I ask her how this year has changed her, personally.Īlicia wears: Blazer and pocket square, both Balmain. The impact of Black Lives Matter and Alicia’s power as a world-famous Black woman is ever-present throughout our chat, influencing much of what we speak about from how she presents her own image and identity to how she educates her children. And at this point, I just think that it’s so deeply woven into the fabric. “I feel like we have to literally force people to understand and to rethink how things are happening, how they’re running, who’s in charge, who we’re creating opportunities for.
I can’t believe how many years of systemic racism we have to unravel, and come to terms with, and fight against, and redesign, and recreate,” she continues, with palpable anger. “As an artist, I’m always thinking about how I can use my platform to further racial equality,” she says. The week we speak is a pretty significant one: Alicia has just announced she is launching a $1billion endowment fund to support Black American businesses and communities in association with America’s NFL.