Last week, D'Angelo made an appearance on "The Tavis Smiley Show" in his first television interview in over a decade. During the two-part conversation, the Grammy Award-winner went over a multitude of topics, including how he felt "objectified" by female fans following the release of his extremely memorable music video for "Untitled".
"It would bother me...A lot of times the crowd -- or a lot of the ladies were just screaming, 'Take it off.' And I kind of felt like, for lack of a better thing, like a male stripper, you know? Or I expected to be that," he said. "I wasn't mad at that…but I think that I'm a serious artist. So it's a fine line to walk. But I accept that. This is the realm that we're in."
The song -- which was featured on D'Angelo's second album "Voodoo" --eventually went on to receive Grammy Awards in 2001 for Best Male R&B Vocal performance and Best R&B Album.
Following the success of that album, D'Angelo took a hiatus and returned in 2014 with his latest album "Black Messiah". As discussed in previous interviews, the lyrics from songs on "Black Messiah" speak largely about social issues often addressed by the Black Lives Matter Movement, making it his most political project to date.
"Young black men and women are just getting killed for nothing," he said before later adding, "I'm not trying to be like a poster child or anything of the movement, but definitely a voice as a black man -- as a concerned black man and as a father, as well."
By Devon Pyne for RAPstation.com
D'Angelo speaks on being objectified by women
Last week, D'Angelo made an appearance on "The Tavis Smiley Show" in his first television interview in over a decade. During the two-part conversation, the Grammy Award-winner went over a multitude of topics, including how he felt "objectified" by female fans following the release of his extremely memorable music video for "Untitled".
"It would bother me...A lot of times the crowd -- or a lot of the ladies were just screaming, 'Take it off.' And I kind of felt like, for lack of a better thing, like a male stripper, you know? Or I expected to be that," he said. "I wasn't mad at that…but I think that I'm a serious artist. So it's a fine line to walk. But I accept that. This is the realm that we're in."
The song -- which was featured on D'Angelo's second album "Voodoo" --eventually went on to receive Grammy Awards in 2001 for Best Male R&B Vocal performance and Best R&B Album.
Following the success of that album, D'Angelo took a hiatus and returned in 2014 with his latest album "Black Messiah". As discussed in previous interviews, the lyrics from songs on "Black Messiah" speak largely about social issues often addressed by the Black Lives Matter Movement, making it his most political project to date.
"Young black men and women are just getting killed for nothing," he said before later adding, "I'm not trying to be like a poster child or anything of the movement, but definitely a voice as a black man -- as a concerned black man and as a father, as well."
By Devon Pyne for RAPstation.com
