Don’t Bother Me, I Can’t Cope by Micki Grant - Roots of Rap

May 21, 2020

Don’t Bother Me, I Can’t Cope by Micki Grant

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Don’t Bother Me, I Can’t Cope by Micki Grant
Don't Bother Me, I Can't Cope was a politically charged musical about life for African-Americans in their communities. The musical first staged in 1972 with music, lyrics and book by Micki Grant. Grant herself appeared in the original production and performed the title song of her first musical: a spoken word track.

Don't Bother Me, I Can't Cope was an all-black musical that was notable for not only being written entirely by a black woman (Micki Grant who also appeared in the original production) but also for being the first Broadway show directed by a black woman.

The show focuses on economic and racial injustice and the African-American experience with songs on such topics as tenements, slumlords, ghetto life, student protests, black power, and feminism. The music is a mixture of gospel, jazz, funk, soul, calypso, and soft rock and of course spoken word, one of the ancestors of rap music.




Source: Amsterdam News, Theater Jones, Wikipedia

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