This election is by far the most important election in American history. Right now, the United States has almost eclipsed the total votes in the 2016 election simply from early voting–but we can still use the help of celebs and their platforms to spread the word more.
The guests for Episode 7 consists of all of Ciara’s favorite artists. Her star-studded line-up includes Chance The Rapper, Jennifer Hudson, Kelly Rowland, Saweetie, Christian Combs, Tasha Cobbs, and La La Anthony. Each guest breaks down what voting means to them and why it’s urgent to exercise their right to do so.
Chance the Rapper: I vote because for one, I think you have to be involved if you have the capacity to in the election process and the governance process of America. I think that’s just a responsibility that you have, whether you want to fulfill it or not. This is probably the most important election of our lives, and because my parents and my grandparents are people that are 102 years old ar out standing in lines in the cold trying to vote, that I should take my young a–down there and vote, too.
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Jennifer Hudson: “I will say I vote because, I have a voice. I have a choice, and I want to take that liberty for myself. It’s like our own self-expression, and the attendance to say, “Hey, I’m over here, and I got something to say, too.” I got input. I mean, I feel like there’s many answers to that, but again, each say each is own, and we all have our own, but I feel like it’s our responsibility to speak up for ourselves.
Kelly Rowland: “I vote because I’d like to be a part of seeing change happen for, not just my children, but for others. I vote because every household counts. I vote because everyone has a voice and mine is a part of something big, you know what I mean? Everyone’s voice is a part of something so big. And to also break up the hate in this country. It’s all you think about. I held my belly when I was pregnant with Titan and all these black lives are just diminishing right before our eyes at the hands of so much, just disgrace. So it’s just heartbreaking and you want to have the voice to be the voice of change and you want to also encourage your kids to do the same. The other day, as I’m filling out my ballot, Titan is sitting there with me, but I just really wanted him to understand, even at five, your voice is important.”
Saweetie: “I vote because I have to stand tall behind my words and I’m about that action. I can’t be telling other people what to do if I’m not doing it. I like speaking through my actions and not only do I feel like it’s important to vote, I feel like it’s important to know why you’re voting. I’m not the post a Tweet and go. I’m not the post for a pat on the back. I’m a post to spread awareness andI’m a post to show that, yes, I want generations, the millennials, everybody tapping in because we do make up 40% of the voting population. I have to lead by example, to summarize that. I think our country is an example of if you don’t vote, the matter will fall into somebody else’s hands.”
La La Anthony: “I vote because my son is a 13-year-old, Black male in America, and it is important that this country is run by people who share the same morals and values that I do, who care about life, who care about our Black kids, and our Black boys. I have a Black boy, so that’s important to me. So voting is important. I always say, “You can’t complain about something, if you’re not part of the solution,” and being part of the solution is voting. Voting gives you the power to be part of the change that you want to see in this country, and that’s not anything that we should take for granted. It’s important.”
Christian Combs: “I vote because number one, it’s super important. And just for our young generation, we control the narrative for the future. So, for some people like my age, they just feel like it doesn’t really matter. It’s not going to affect us, whatever, our voice probably doesn’t matter, but it really does because if we could just come together, all of us, we can make one dance, so popular in the whole world. Do that one dance. If we want to make the world a better place, that would just be so easy to do because we have the power just to have everyone follow a trend and come together.”
Tasha Cobbs: “I vote because my vote is my voice. I think a lot of times we can be so verbal about the things that we don’t like on social media or wherever, but voting is anopportunity to really voice your likes, your dislikes, what you want changed. A lot of times it’s okay to get online and say, “I didn’t like the way this happened or this wasn’t good,” but action, the Bible says faith without works is dead.”
