So yeah, it's the African-American thing, but I do think that the overall demise of the supermodel is in general, and it's just affected us even more.

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It's not the audience, " she says.. "When it comes to the coveted spots of who are we going to push in the star machine, those that have the money and the means to do so rarely are going to look at a black artist and say, 'Yeah, I'm going to get behind that.

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