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India.Arie Goes On Twitter Tirade Against Reports Of Lighter Skin On Album Cover

Apr 2, 2013, 00:25 IST

Grammy Award-winning R&B singer-songwriter India.Arie is fighting back against reports that she had her skin lightened on her new single’s cover art.

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The single is titled "Cocoa Butter" and one of Arie's most famous songs happens to be titled "Brown Skin," in which she sings:

Brown skin, you know I love your brown skin
I cant tell where yours begins, I cant tell where mine ends
Brown skin, up against my brown skin
Need some every now and then

Arie went on a Twitter tirade Friday debunking reports of a recent change in skin tone, telling her over 200K followers: "I'm so in love with myself I have no DESIRE to BLEACH myself," adding that "magnificent lighting" is the cause for her "glow."

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Here's the cover art in question:

India.Arie

And here's the singer in October 2012 on the red carpet at BET's Black Girls Rock event in NYC:

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Arie also recently spoke out about the skin color controversy surrounding the Nina Simone biopic, questioning photos of Zoe Saldana's darkened skin and fake afro on set for the film.

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Arie wrote on her website: "Yes there should be a movie made, and YES they should have chosen someone who LOOKS like Nina Simone, ESPECIALLY since her RACE played such a PIVOTAL role in WHO, WHAT and WHY, she was."

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