YouTube Music Gives Update on $100 Million Black Voices Fund
Jem Aswad Senior Music EditorLast June, YouTube launched a $100 million #YouTubeBlack Voices Fund in an effort to help equip Black musicians with the resources and support to enable them to “thrive and invest in work that amplifies the voices, perspectives and stories of all Black artists around the world,” according to the announcement.The company has provided periodic updates on aspects of the program, and on Wednesday, unveiled a report on the progress its music efforts have made over the past year in multiple cities and countries, which are recapped below.“It’s been a company-wide effort to make a change and raise voices and profiles of creators of color on the platform,” Vivien Lewit, YouTube Music content partnerships chief, tells