Monáe, who is currently working on the followup to her debut album “Metropolis,Suite I: The Chase,” will receive the “Who’s Got Next” award. The alt-R&B singer tells Billboard.com that the honor feels like a call to duty. “Black girls have always been rockin,’” says Monáe. “I just want to make sure I’m also leading by example. I want to continue to inspire other young girls of color to be artists and express themselves creatively


As we get ready for this year’s 2009 Black Girls Rock! Awards honoring some of today’s top woman dominating in their respective industries, we would like to take the time to honor you, as well. Tell us how you Rock! and are a positive role model in 100 words or less and enter to win a Black Girls Rock! t-shirt. Click here to read the contest rules. BLACK GIRLS ROCK! Inc. is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit, youth empowerment mentoring organization established for young women of color.
Below are a few of my favorite contestants! Head over to the site and tell em why you rock!
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All_natural_sister
10-18-2009 6:46 pm
I rock because I demands respect besides that I control my own future if I make a mistake I learn from it not dwell on it because everything happen for a reason. I make goals and I accomplish them by staying focus and committed. When people say I can’t I don’t just say I will I prove them wrong because can’t is not in my dictionary. I am a single mother, hard worker, and student doing what I have to without any hand outs. I rock because God created me in his own image and everything I have is because of me. So I can say it loud and proud this black girl rocks.
SexxyCarmelAndThick
10-18-2009 5:35 pm
I ROCK because Im a hard worker for mine and I never give up…I’ve been through a lot and I manage to keep positive and strong. Im a single parent with a six year old son, so I must ROCK in order to show my son its nothing to stand on your own and to make it. I’ve done things in life that people doubted I could do. I was once at a breaking point when me and my sons father broke up, and due to that relationship I learned that I deserve much more. I realized that there is no love that should cause physical pain, and also that you should never love someone more then you love yourself keep focused on getting better at anything I do, at times its hard but I come from a strong line of Black women who done for themselves, never letting any thing hold them back. Not only that having so many positive strong black women period showing me and others there is no limit to getting more in life the right way. So to sum it all up being only twenty six years old I’ve been through enough and I have earned it so yes This BLACK GIRL ROCKS for more then one reason.
2muchisneverenough
10-18-2009 12:00 pm
I rock because i am a survivor!! I have come from the worst of what brooklyn had to offer! Thats real talk. I left my my mom’s house at 16 not by choice. My first child at 17 married an abusive man at 19. Got out of that at 21. Had my 2nd son by 22,dabbled in drugs both ways. Now im a 36 year old with 2 jobs 2 teenage boys one finished HS early.One In JHS, I say these thing to let gurls know that no matter whats thrown your way u can use it as a stepping stone to do better.I love my jobs I go to school an do this thing called life by myself. BLACK GURLS ROCK AT THEIR WORST & AT THEIR BEST!!!!