Ms Banks on Colourism, Black Men's Mental Health & Loving Your Natural Hair #TextureTalks

For the new episode of The Texture Talks Podcast Ms Banks gets honest about her hair, her healing, and what the world really owes Black women. Ms Banks is a South London rapper, songwriter and one of the UK's most distinctive voices in hip-hop.

Her latest album South LDN Lover Girl is a deeply personal body of work exploring identity, womanhood, mental health, colourism, and the complexity of growing up as a Black woman in Britain. She opens up about: ◼️ Her natural hair journey and why she wants to stop putting someone else's hair on her head to feel beautiful ◼️ How colourism has impacted her career — and why she won't pretend it hasn't ◼️ The difference between being kind and being nice (and how people pleasing is actually a form of self-betrayal) ◼️ Black men and mental health — and the personal loss that changed how she sees it all ◼️ Why "love with no boundaries is literally just self-destruction" ◼️ The album that was almost called Black Girl in a White World — and why she got cold feetThis episode is brought to you by Team Texture, home of the TT Heat Hat, the best tool for deep conditioning and moisture retention on wash day. ◼️ Shop the TT Heat Hat — ◼️ Use code “TEXTURE10” for 10% off ◼️Follow Ms Banks: Instagram — ◼️Stream South LDN Lover Girl — ◼️ Follow Paige on Instagram — ◼️ Buy Paige’s book, How To Love Your Afro —