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As a first generation American, I can assure you that many of our Black musicians bleach. Nicki Minaj and Rihanna had a darker hue when they started music, but they use melanin blocking cream to fade away darker pigment. Look at pictures of them from 2007 and compare their skin tone with the subsequent years; they got brighter and it's not a natural occurance. It's a relatively seemless change because they have access to high quality products and do so under the supervisor of a dermatologist.
Let's be intellectually honest, ndeko! Those women were already light skinned to begin with but Ferre Gola is a dark skinned man. There's plenty of photographic evidence to show that he bleaches and a way too much, because his skin tone doesn't look natural.