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"The point of the record was unity. Let's bring it all…" — Queen Latifah

c. 1999(Approximate date)· Queen Latifah (speaker)

“The point of the record was unity. Let's bring it all together... The second verse is about abuse, a woman being beaten by her man and finding the strength to leave.”
Speaker
Queen Latifah
Occasion
NPR Fresh Air interview (Terry Gross), 1999

Queen Latifah describing "U.N.I.T.Y." as a deliberate response to the escalating degradation of women in early-90s rap.

Sources & citations

  1. 1.npr.orgwebsite
"The point of the record was unity. Let's bring it all…" — Queen Latifah · We've Been Protesting