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2015: "The Blacker the Berry" by Kendrick Lamar

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Jasmine Albertson revisits 2015 with the track “The Blacker the Berry” by Kendrick Lamar.

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Jasmine Albertson revisits 2015 with the track “The Blacker the Berry” by Kendrick Lamar. He raises an alarm for the ongoing discrimination against Black people, both by systemic oppressors and within the Black community.

Written by Jasmine Albertson.

Audio production by Roddy Nikpour.

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