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last talks, racism support, the More black women talk about their experiences in the Music Industry , says singer Kelli-Leigh.

Kelli-Leigh two UK No. 1 singles and a number of club hits has expressed, but has struggled to find label support for their own music.

The Singer from South London , wants More recognition for black women, in dance, music, and says that it overlooked not only their, their work.

"Other artists and black-soul-singers, which I have spoken - the same thing," Kelli say, Leigh told beat Radio 1 News.

"It is often a defeatist feeling. It's not right, but that is where We Are , and I've got to keep it moving and I have to pay my bills. "

The First Big Hit Kelli-Leigh worked was that it was No. 1 in 2014.

she was hired as a session to provide singers, the vocals on The Track , so don't expect credit on The Song .

But she hoped The Track would give your career The Boost you wanted.

It is not. Neither a second No. 1, the year or a Top 10 single in the year 2017, More Than friends with James Hype that credit has.

James told Newsbeat he wants to see More "transparency" in The Dance industry.

"I think transparency is everything, to be honest. It would be great for the fans to know exactly who is behind the piece of music," he says.

"A lot of dance records you can rely on for authentic, soulful sounding voices, and there Are a lot of records, in which almost the biggest part in Dance Music . "

James said it was a "no-share brainer", The Song credit.

"Whether or not it was going to work at all came out, how well the vocals on The Track was," James says.

"as far as I'm concerned, if it were not for Kelli-Leigh, The Track probably would not exist, or if it did, then it may not succeed the way it was. "

" Are you The Race card is played?"

earlier This Week , Kelli-Leigh tweeted about their frustrations, the response to a tweet about black women in Dance Music .

After almost 10 Years in The Music , which she now manages itself and releases solo music on her own label " Music Core Ltd.

"the radio butcher's tweet hit home. It struck a chord", Kelli-Leigh says.

"Sometimes it is to articulate to in The Right way, without thinking, to go to someone 'playing The Race card? "or" you play The Woman card?"

she says, is to bear the stigma of all black women.

"We had so many questions that we have lived by subtle racism here and there, that, our whole life. Many of us have added to, adapted, and ignored it," Kelli-Leigh.

"not you come to a point where some things just don't seem like a coincidence. You can't be it. They Are not recognized. "

Kelli-Leigh, the words have been highly praised by fans and musicians, including other artists were hits without being credited to the major.

"this is the sad truth. The things one More singer must change,"-songwriter Carla Monroe commented

decades uncredited singer

But that's Nothing New .

In 1989, an Italian dance act called Black Box on used a vocal sample from soul singer Loleatta Holloway without permission.

If you took the copyright holders to take legal action against The Group , she got the British singer Heather Small , new part of singing.

Neither the black woman was credited.

In 1991, a model appeared in the video for C+C Music Factory 's hit Gonna Make you Sweat, lip-syncing to vocals by black-and-singer Martha Wash .

Martha said to her Manager a few months later, as a Black-Box vocals that she had recorded used as a session singer, without credit, on one of their albums.

A session singer is someone who works with other musicians on a short-term basis or for a one-time recording, and how you get paid can vary.

'Wow. This is something different'

At the 2. June 2020, the Music Industry is watching #blackout Tuesday - where it is closed for A Day , in order to address internally how it could be better for its black artists, and employees.

Kelli-Leigh says #blackout Tuesday has brought the conversations that you have with people in similar positions in the public.

"I was like, wow, this is something else," she says.

"This is actually all of the companies that participate, and to say that there is a Problem here, we need to think about, and we need to bring some changes.

"could have So much and people have on with it or ignored it. Now We Are talking at a point where people Are really about, This Week and say: 'wait a minute, that's not right'. "

Kelli-Leigh says she hopes for a record-label support, to see if you can reach Top-10-success alone,

The Hits >you appeared to mean Kelli-Leigh is asked to write Every Day , and the vocals take on Other People 's songs. to be able to

"I have some money to make I Got U and I Wanna Feel next to My Own songs I've written myself," she says.

"But I have not been able to pay my bills, as The People I've been singing in the location.

"I had to do so much More work to try and get the same respect. That is, if you think there is an injustice here. "

Now, it is to be in the promotion of young, black female artist to be "outrageously bold" in what you want to do in the Music Industry .

"There is no time like The Present , just exactly who you Are ," she says. "The People seem to hear well, people seem to speak really.

"unless you stand strong and be proud of who you Are , and do it in an outrageously bold, proud, way, then the industry will never change. "

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