Blackness, Stuttering, and Music with JJJJJerome Ellis
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Blackness, Stuttering, and Music with JJJJJerome Ellis Today Proud Stutter podcast [released](https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/proud-stutter/id1588336626?i=1000549286232) a special episode. The show is about shifting the narrative around stuttering. I’m the producer and host and, every other week, I interview one guest who shares their personal story about their connection with stuttering. **Today we released a very special episode with award-winning artist Jerome Ellis who talks about being a black person who stutters and a musician, how his views of his disability evolved since childhood, and why it was so important for him to connect his stutter to his ancestral history of slavery in his work. He also highlights how the stage is a safe space for stuttering and music is a source of healing the pain he experienced as a child.** [Jerome's album The Clearing is a must-listen](https://www.theguardian.com/music/2021/nov/10/artist-and-stutterer-jjjjjerome-ellis-so-much-pain-comes-from-not-feeling-fully-human). Love this stuttering community <3