{"id":40921,"date":"2020-02-20T17:30:56","date_gmt":"2020-02-20T16:30:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pan-african-music.com\/daves-moving-brit-awards-performance-of-black\/"},"modified":"2020-05-10T20:15:40","modified_gmt":"2020-05-10T19:15:40","slug":"daves-moving-brit-awards-performance-of-black","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pan-african-music.com\/en\/daves-moving-brit-awards-performance-of-black\/","title":{"rendered":"Dave&#8217;s moving Brit Awards performance of &#8220;Black&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-37226 pam-featured-content\"  src=\"https:\/\/pan-african-music-production.fra1.digitaloceanspaces.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/7e60329f-dave-brit-awards-2020.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1565\" height=\"1173\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pan-african-music-production.fra1.digitaloceanspaces.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/7e60329f-dave-brit-awards-2020.jpg 1565w, https:\/\/pan-african-music-production.fra1.digitaloceanspaces.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/7e60329f-dave-brit-awards-2020-759x569.jpg 759w, https:\/\/pan-african-music-production.fra1.digitaloceanspaces.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/7e60329f-dave-brit-awards-2020-1010x757.jpg 1010w, https:\/\/pan-african-music-production.fra1.digitaloceanspaces.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/7e60329f-dave-brit-awards-2020-1440x1079.jpg 1440w, https:\/\/pan-african-music-production.fra1.digitaloceanspaces.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/7e60329f-dave-brit-awards-2020-661x495.jpg 661w, https:\/\/pan-african-music-production.fra1.digitaloceanspaces.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/7e60329f-dave-brit-awards-2020-465x349.jpg 465w, https:\/\/pan-african-music-production.fra1.digitaloceanspaces.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/7e60329f-dave-brit-awards-2020-375x281.jpg 375w\" sizes=\"(min-width:1010px) 759px,100vw\" loading=\"lazy\" \/><\/p>\n<h4>For London&#8217;s\u00a02020 Brit Awards, all\u00a0eyes were on the\u00a0young rapper Dave and his\u00a0breathtaking performance, &#8220;Black&#8221;.<\/h4>\n<p>At the 40th edition of the Brit Awards held on Tuesday February 18th at the O2 Arena in London, rapper Dave\u00a0created a sensation, winning the coveted award for &#8220;Best Album of the Year&#8221; and then delivering a stunning rendition of his track &#8220;Black&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>The Brixton-born artist was crowned with the supreme title for his debut album <em>Psychodrama<\/em>, a cathartic and fiery work that went against the grain today&#8217;s British rap. He won big despite the stiff competition from heavyweights in front of him: ex-One Direction singer Harry Styles, Scottish up-and-comer Lewis Capaldi, superstar rapper Stormzy, and soulman Michael Kiwanuka.<\/p>\n<p><iframe src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/mXLS2IzZSdg\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" loading=\"lazy\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Dave marked the evening with his sober performance of &#8220;Black&#8221;, an intense\u00a0track\u00a0about institutionalised racism and social inequalities. He performed a\u00a0reworked version which included a new verse\u00a0attacking Prime minister Boris Johnson: &#8220;<em>It is racist whether or not it feels racist, the truth is our Prime Minister&#8217;s a real racist<\/em>&#8220;.\u00a0Additionally, Dave questioned the audience\u00a0on the media treatment given to Duchess of Sussex Megan Markle, in comparison\u00a0to\u00a0Duchess of Cambridge Kate Middleton, adding &#8220;<em>Now if you don&#8217;t wanna get it, then you&#8217;re never gonna get it. How the news treats Kate versus how they treated Meghan<\/em>.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Listen &#8220;Black&#8221; in our Noir Wave playlis<span style=\"color: #333333;\">t on <a style=\"color: #333333;\" href=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/playlist\/5Au5WzqKtuYMaqK1zT88Qv?si=1B_p3bk4SXagd_7rOX9hCA\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Spotify<\/a>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>For London&#8217;s\u00a02020 Brit Awards, all\u00a0eyes were on the\u00a0young rapper Dave and his\u00a0breathtaking performance, &#8220;Black&#8221;. 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