BIA Responds To Charges She's Not Black

by HHL JT

BIA has a hit song with Nicki Minaj and the thirst of Drake.

Now that she's becoming a big deal, people have questions about the Massachusetts rapper, including what her ethnic background is.

It wasn't posed that nicely.

Very aware of my roots guys my grandparents were born in PR and migrated to NY. Puerto Rican’s come in many different colors and race is different from ethnicity OF COURSE we have tiano, African, and Latin blood. Very proud to be Afrolatina and Italian.

— BIA (@BIABIA) July 10, 2021
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"BIA's not black," said a person on Twitter.  

"Very aware of my roots guys," she Tweeted. "My grandparents were born in PR and migrated to NY. Puerto Rican’s come in many different colors and race is different from ethnicity OF COURSE we have tiano, African, and Latin blood. Very proud to be Afrolatina and Italian."

So there you go.