“Really they don’t like you, they like your gift, and I had to realize there’s nothing wrong with me.

“Of course they want to call you a b**ch when you pick up the phone and be like, ‘listen, this is my sh**’,” Renea said. Having had artists pilfer and pick apart songs on albums she’s written, bouts of bankruptcy and litigation, an untimely lupus diagnosis, and the whirlwind of being dropped, re-signed then dropped again from a label, Renea says she realized how to pick herself up and have tough conversations with the industry leaders she makes lots of money for. Renea has also experienced a considerable amount of adversity in her career despite her success. “Just because I’m a girl, you don’t expect me to be able to play the guitar, you don’t expect me to know copyright law, you don’t expect me to know the difference between arranging and producing, you don’t expect me to know the difference between vocal production and production,” she said of crushing stereotypes of women behind the music.

Renea continued to drop jewels from her journey, saying that she by far exceeded the expectations of her peers. The artist says that for eight years, she was “the youngest, the darkest, and a woman, and most successful”.

Renea, who’s 28 now, says that when she ultimately entered the game at 20, she experienced intimidation as a direct result of her genius. (l-r) Panel Moderator Moya Nkruma, Singer-Songwriter Priscilla Renea, VP of Publishing at Roc Nation Dominique Dunn, and Manager/Brand Strategist Eufaula Garrett talk gender roles and crushing stereotypes in the music industry.

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