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Kamala Harrisis paying tribute to the “Queen of Rock & Roll.”
Nearly a month afterTina Turnerdied at the age of 83, the U.S. vice president opened up toRolling Stoneabout the singer’s influence on her own life and that of future generations.
She went on to note that Turner’s music “spoke a universal language” — one that she and millions of others could “understand and relate to.”
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“So many of [Turner’s] songs were rooted in freedom, individuality, and self-determination — at a time when such concepts felt off-limits to Black female artists,” Harris wrote in her op-ed, before going on to list the singer’s various accolades including her double Rock and Roll Hall of Fame induction andGrammywins in pop, rock, and R&B.
Harris also focused a large part of the op-ed on who Turner was as a person and how she used her voice to carry special messages of empowerment.
“With her very presence representing an affront to the status quo, she stood tall and proud, demonstrating to the world that rock stars could look like her, too, and reminding us all the power of living as our true, authentic selves,” Harris said.
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“Those experiences became fuel for the journeys of so many others — listeners whom she inspired with her songs of struggle and overcoming,” she explained toRolling Stone.
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She wrote that Turner did just that and in the process paved the way for the next generation through her mentorship of younger artists and affecting change through her music.
“The joy she shared with us will live on in her music for as long as we continue to sing and dance along to it,” Harris wrote.
source: people.com
