Jill Scott On Bill Cosby: ‘Being a Beloved Black Man Is Dangerous’
Last week, Grammy Award-winning Jill Scott commemorated her 15-year anniversary in music with the release of her fifth studio album entitled Woman.
Now she’s headed toward her second No. 1 album on the Billboard 200, as her latest release is on track to debut atop the list. The album is Scott’s first studio album since 2011’s The Light of the Sun, which also marked her first No. 1. It moved 135,000 units in its first week.
Woman is expected to move over 55,000 units in the week ending July 30, according to Billboard.
In the weeks leading up to the release of Scott’s latest project, she has been vocal about her thoughts on Bill Cosby. Initially she was quite supportive of Bill, but after testimony from a 2005 civil suit surface, which revealed Cosby confessing to drugging women then having s*x with them, Jill retracted her support for the disgraced comic legend.
“About Bill Cosby. Sadly his own testimony offers proof of terrible deeds, which is all I have ever required to believe the accusations,” Jill tweeted before later adding; “I stood by a man I respected and loved. I was wrong. It hurts!”
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