Solange Knowles has revealed that backlash over her comments about critics covering R&B inspired and encouraged her to create the new material on her latest album 'A Seat At The Table'.
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In 2013, Solange said music journalists did not "understand the culture of R&B" before writing about the genre and being invited onto the New York Times podcast to discuss 'cultural tourism'.
Declining the invitation, the host at the time Jon Caramanica brought Solange's comments up and said she was "biting the hand that feeds you".
He continued: "The only reason Solange's success quote unquote the past year has ever been a thing is because of the same people that she's lambasting."
In an interview with WQXR, Solange opened up about Caramanica's comments and how they inspired her to write her new record.
She said: "I began to think a lot about that conversation and replaying it, and it haunted me. And it haunted my mother to hear someone telling her daughter 'don't bite the hand that feeds you.' And also the racial subtleties - are not so subtle - of what that encompasses when you say that to a black woman. Then you connect it by saying 'Do you know who's buying your records?'"
Solange was this month revealed as one of the nominees for the 2017 Grammy Award for Best R&B Performance, with standout track 'Cranes In The Sky' receiving the honour.
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