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\n\tCountry music star Mickey Guyton sat down with BMAC CEO and president Prophet for a one-on-one conversation at Black Music Action Coalition, in partnership with Billboard<\/em> presents Act II: A Conversation Around \u201cThree Chords and the Actual Truth.\u201d<\/p>\n \n\tMickey Guyton: \n\tProphet: \n\tFour-time Grammy nominee. The 2022 TIME breakthrough artist of the year. Recently released her female anthem \u201cWoman,\u201d honoring women all around the world, was the ode to women empowerment. Make some noise for that too! <\/p>\n \n\tWith \u201cRemember Her Name,\u201d Mickey made history as the first Black artist to earn a Grammy nomination for best country album. The title track \u201cRemember Her Name also landed Mickey with Grammy nominations for best country song, best country solo performance. This followed Mickey\u2019s groundbreaking Grammy nominations as the first-ever Black female solo artist to earn a nod in the country category for \u201cBlack Like Me.\u201d <\/p>\n \n\t\u201cBlack Like Me\u201d was named one of the top 10 songs of all genres, in 2020 by the NPR, Billboard<\/em> and Associated Press. She also co-hosted the 56th Academy Country Music Awards on CBS along with Keith Urban, and she was named CMT\u2019s 2021 breakthrough artist of the year. Her music has been featured on the covers of Billboard<\/em>, profiled in The New Yorker<\/em>, The New York Times,<\/em> Rolling Stone<\/em>. Over the last year, she had been featured in American Songwriter, BBC News, CBS, Sherri<\/em>, Sesame Street<\/em>, HITS, Essence<\/em>, People<\/em>. All kind of s\u2013t. Make some noise for the superstar herself, Miss Mickey Guyton.<\/p>\n
When this was starting, I remember going up to my record label and I said, \u201cI\u2019ve learned to be comfortable being in a room full of people that don\u2019t look like me. And now it\u2019s your turn to learn to be comfortable in a room of people that don\u2019t look like you.\u201d<\/p>\n
Come on, sis! Come on, sis!<\/p>\n