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[ManaByte]

Lady Antebellum Is Now 'Lady A.' But So Is a Blues Singer Who's Used the Name for 20 Years

Lady Antebellum changed their name to "Lady A," unaware that there was a 61-year-old black singer with multiple albums with the same name.

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Earlier that day, Grammy-winning country trio Lady Antebellum — whose name had been criticized for its associations with romanticized ideas of the pre-war, slavery-ridden American South — announced they were changing their name to Lady A in light of a heightened national conversation about racism. Lady Antebellum made the changes swiftly on social media and distribution platforms including Spotify and Apple Music, and the group’s website also announced their rechristening as Lady A. But according to Seattle’s Lady A, neither the band nor any members of their team reached out to her before making the change.

This Lady A — a 61-year-old black woman whose real name is Anita White — has been playing the blues under the name for more than 20 years. She began singing as a gospel performer at church and started going by Lady A for karaoke nights in the Eighties. She’s released multiple albums with the name, and on top of her day job working with Seattle Public Utilities, she’s gearing up to release another album, Lady A: Live in New Orleans, on her birthday on July 18th.

“This is my life. Lady A is my brand, I’ve used it for over 20 years, and I’m proud of what I’ve done,” she says, her voice breaking. “This is too much right now. They’re using the name because of a Black Lives Matter incident that, for them, is just a moment in time. If it mattered, it would have mattered to them before. It shouldn’t have taken George Floyd to die for them to realize that their name had a slave reference to it.

“It’s an opportunity for them to pretend they’re not racist or pretend this means something to them,” she adds. “If it did, they would’ve done some research. And I’m not happy about that. You found me on Spotify easily — why couldn’t they?”

 

[haxan7]

 

[GirthBrooks]

What was the point of this thread?

 

[Foamy]

I learned a new word today. I had no idea antebellum meant before war.
Ok so how is the name racist? Seems like a reach to me.
Whatever, hope they get sued by the black Lady A and their fake ass wokeness costs them 10 million.

 

[haxan7]

They coulda just laid back and not done anything because the cancel mobs aren’t smart enough to know what antebellum means

 

[ManaByte]

I learned a new word today. I had no idea antebellum meant before war.
Ok so how is the name racist? Seems like a reach to me.
Whatever, hope they get sued by the black Lady A and their fake ass wokeness costs them 10 million.

They consider it racist because in the US it’s used to describe the South before the Civil War.

 

[Stiflers Mom]

It's not like their band name was "GLORIOUS SLAVE LORDS OF THE SOUTH" or something like that.

 

[Foamy]

They consider it racist because in the US it’s used to describe the South before the Civil War.

Oh right I forgot its the white devils fault they went to Africa and some black people were like "Hey pale face,, you wanna buy some of these doods. They real good workers".
Fuck me. History is history let it go.

 

[SirKicksalot]

Are we cancelling Latin now?

 

[haxan7]

The south shouldn’t reject its identity and history. This pop country music group (probably with pressure from their label) was trying to proactively disassociate themselves from being labeled as racist and canceled.

However, it immediately bit them in the ass in a way they might have anticipated if they weren’t jumping into a foolish decision. Checking conflicting band names is one of the first steps labels take when signing a new band.

The spirits of the ancestors are crying out against this foolishness.

 

[Foamy]

Are we cancelling Latin now?

Probably .

 

[DiscoJer]

One of the stranger cases of this is a Drum & Bass group in the UK that called themselves Bad Company. Seemingly oblivious of the rock band Bad Company.

So they got their name changed to Bad Company UK, despite the other Bad Company also being from the UK.

 

[Jmarshall]

It's not like their band name was "GLORIOUS SLAVE LORDS OF THE SOUTH" or something like that.

That would be a great name for a Metal band.

 

[Stiflers Mom]

That would be a great name for a Metal band.

Yeah, start one!

I wanna see how that goes with the current political climate...

 

[haxan7]

Yeah, start one!

I wanna see how that goes with the current political climate...

Right, he’s a couple decades too early.

Kids will remember what they went through and there will be metal bands that reject the idiocy of these concepts that were forced upon their consciousness before they had the full strength of will to reject them.

mark my words.

 

[Stiflers Mom]

Right, he’s a couple decades too early.

Kids will remember what they went through and there will be metal bands that reject the idiocy of these concepts that were forced upon their consciousness before they had the full strength of will to reject them.

mark my words.

Could really be happening.
Looking forward to these kids detesting their soy parents.

 

[ScarletSpider]

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[NeoGiffer]

 

[Cravis]

So preoccupied with the notion of going woke they didn’t notice they were stepping all over an African American blues singer

 

[GnomeChimpsky]

Are we cancelling Latin now?

Is it part of western culture?

 

[Foamy]

So preoccupied with the notion of going woke they didn’t notice they were stepping all over an African American blues singer

The irony is so palpable these fools tripped right over it.

 

[-Arcadia-]

"They’re using the name because of a Black Lives Matter incident that, for them, is just a moment in time. If it mattered, it would have mattered to them before."

Actual wokeness.

 

[Jack Videogames]

Yummy virtue signal cake! Everyone wants their 5 minute silce

 

[Echelon]

Should Mercedes and VW just go ahead and close their doors while the entire world is acting like idiots?

 

[Blond]

God damn is everyone a victim of something now? lol

 

[Tesseract]

God damn is everyone a victim of something now? lol

it's pathetic

 

[TheMan]

Oh right I forgot its the white devils fault they went to Africa and some black people were like "Hey pale face,, you wanna buy some of these doods. They real good workers".
Fuck me. History is history let it go.

the level of stupidity and ignorance in this post is just astounding. Says a lot about you.

 

[Breakage]

 

[Foamy]

the level of stupidity and ignorance in this post is just astounding. Says a lot about you.

No it's not ignorance it's the ugly truth. Blacks had been enslaving blacks for thousands of years. White men were just stupid enough to get involved in the Africian slave trading that already existed. Dont worry though they're paying for it now with a millennium of reparations and dealing with BLM bullshit.

Furthermore the BLM slogan is offensive. The very idea that they're saying this lends weight to an idea that black lives don't matter. Jesus tap dancing Christ why would they even plant that notion in anyone's mind? It's completely counterproductive and in many ways self destructive. Floating the idea in young children's minds that the rest of the world thinks their lives are worthless? Yeah that's going to set you off in life with your best foot forward.
They're sabotaging their own movement.

 

[ManaByte]

Should Mercedes and VW just go ahead and close their doors while the entire world is acting like idiots?

Shhh don't tell them who founded VW.

 

[Nester99]

Did I go back in time to a world were Lady Antebellum was relevant?

Let’s talk about Creed next!

 

[Husky]

wait
Lady Antebellum is a country band?
Whenever I saw the name, I always figured it was some pop star
Next I'm gonna find out Lana Del Ray's a band too

 

[Deleted member 17706]

Woke Cultural Revolution

Everything that does not align with modern Leftist ideals must be erased.

 

[morelan]

"This Lady A — a 61-year-old black woman whose real name is Anita White — has been playing the blues under the name for more than 20 years. "

It's amazing that they changed it for the woke points and a 61-YEAR-OLD BLACK WOMAN is the original owner of the name. You really can't make that shit up.

 

[Cravis]

God damn is everyone a victim of something now? lol

 

[Blond]

I love the crow

 

[Rock And Roll]

If Lady A is taken why not go with Xher A? Get double the woke points.

 

[Cravis]

I love the crow

Same here. Easily on my top 10 favorites of all-time.

 

[GirthBrooks]

Wild guess: The same point as any other thread

Well let me rephrase my concern: who the fuck cares about lady antabellum, their name, or country music in general?

 

[JareBear: Remastered]

My next name change is gonna be Chunk A

 

[Jon Neu]

Colonizer

 

[Rentahamster]

My next name change is gonna be Chunk A

I vote for Chunk E

 

[GAMETA]

Oh man, one of these days the internet will give me cancer...

 

[Tesseract]

Oh man, one of these days the internet will give me cancer...

the cycles haven't been kind, have they

 

[davepoobond]

Time to change their name to A Lady

 

[GAMETA]

the cycles haven't been kind, have they

it's them tweets, man, I swear it's poisoning us and turning frogs into nazis

 

[Spukc]

What was the point of this thread?

What's the thread of this point sir?

 

[Cunth]

Why not the A Team

 

[MGHA]

Why not the A Team

Mr. T-bone pitties the fool.

 

[Chittagong]

What was the point of this thread?

To laugh at a white, virtue signalling band that stole their name from a black performer who had used it for 20 years, because they were literally in so much a rush to virtue signal they couldn’t spare 5 seconds to type the name into Spotify?