Ms. Goldi 2U Podcast starts of the live series with the controversial topic of singers altering their country’s national anthem to reflect the racist history of its existence.

Jill Scott was performing on the second day of the Essence Festival on the perceived systemic racism in America, saying the country is “not the land of the free.”

Essence, a lifestyle magazine that hosts the festival, commented, “Everyone please rise for the only National Anthem we will be recognizing from this day forward. Jill Scott, we thank you!”

The lyrics said:

“Oh say can you see by the blood in the streets / That this place doesn’t smile on you colored child / Whose blood built this land with sweat and their hands / But we’ll die in this place and your memory erased / Oh say, does this truth hold any weight / This is not the land of the free, but the home of the slaves!”

Scott has previously said in an interview with Jemele Hill that she has considered leaving America due to the racial climate, and would look forward to a better education.

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JULLY BLACK CONTROVERSY

Jully Black was bombared with racist messages after she gave her rendition of the Canadian national anthem at the NBA’s All-Star Weekend earlier this month.

“This is what I’m getting as a BORN and raised Canadian #HateRunsDeep,” she tweeted the Monday morning after the all-star weekend.

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During her performance, Black changed a single word in the Canadian national anthem, singing “our home on native land” rather than “our home and native land” — a subtle but impactful reference to Canada’s colonial legacy and ongoing dispossession of Indigenous Peoples.

Black was presented with an eagle feather and wrapped with a blanket during a Blanketing Ceremony by AFN Knowledge Keepers and National Chief RoseAnne Archibald.

he singer said she was “grateful” while holding back tears.

“I didn’t realize that my action would garner such a response.”

Black went on: “On behalf of the Black community, I say we are one. We’re better together.”