Ben Harper Contributes Black-Is-Beautiful Theme Song to Peacock Doc ‘Black Boys’ (Watch) (EXCLUSIVE)
documentary “Black Boys,” which premieres on the new streaming service tonight. Watch and listen to his music video for his new composition below.
“It was an honor to have been asked to write a song for this culturally vital documentary,” Harper tells. “After watching ‘Black Boys’ and discussing it in depth with Sonia, I went immediately to work on composing ‘Black Beauty.’ I am old-school and still love getting players in a room together, so a production of this scale during a pandemic was challenging, with quarantine.
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