Kelly Rowland Talks Support For Minority Artists

Kelly Rowland is ready to stand up for love — and her fellow artists.

The former Destiny’s Child singer, who went solo after the girl group broke up in 2005, is raising 2-year-old son Titan Jewell with husband Tim Witherspoon and working on “Chasing Destiny” to find the next superstar all-girl group.

But she’s also found time to support minority artists who are trying to find their way.

“There are black artists — we just have to support them. I’m so proud that people are actually exercising their right to speak up and taking action, but I also think it’s important for government and congress to pay attention. This new generation can be radical and they’re not playing when it comes to their freedom and their lives, which are at stake,” Rowland told Schön! Magazine.

“I talk to minority boys. They have to think about if somebody is going to hurt them, shoot them, because they have some freaking skittles. It’s one of the things that made me nervous about having a boy. I have to make sure I raise a man who is respectful of himself and authorities and is well-spoken so he can communicate. Every minority mother thinks about it nowadays.”

The 35-year-old artist, who has new music expected in December as well as a book, also talked about being a woman in a man’s world.

“You’re talking to a feminist! Yo, you think I want to say it’s a man’s world? Women are very powerful these days. I think things are definitely taking a turn,” she told Schön! Magazine.

“We’re in a nation right now where we’re on the brink of the first female president. Anything is possible.”

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