Billboard Pridecast
Why Billy Porter Wants People to Take Their Activism Offline & Get ‘In the Streets’
Billy Porter is tired of people acting shocked about violence against black people in America. “This is a country that was built on the backs of my ancestors who were stolen from their land to come over here and be forced into slavery,” he says. “And the people who wrote the constitution that y’all are so keen on owned slaves while they were writing it. Why are any of you surprised?” That’s the message Billy Porter starts with on the latest episode of Billboard’s Pridecast, the podcast from Billboard Pride where host and singer-songwriter Shea Diamond talks with the most influential LGBTQ names in music about how they got to where they are today, and what it means to be out in this industry. Since he got his star...
