H.E.R.
LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA - APRIL 25: H.E.R., winner of Best Original Song for Fight For You from Judas and the Black Messiah, poses in the press room at the Oscars on Sunday, April 25, 2021, at Union Station in Los Angeles. (Photo by Chris Pizzello-Pool/Getty Images)
She was born Gabriella Sarmiento Wilson, to a Filipina mother, Agnes, from Cabanatuan, Nueva Ecija and her African American father, Kenny. This 23-year-old music sensation won Song of the Year in the recent 63rd Grammy awards for I Can’t Breathe . The song was written in honour of George Floyd and has become one of the anthems in the Black Lives Matter movement. In her acceptance speech Wilson said, “I wrote this song over FaceTime. I can’t imagine that my fear and my pain would turn into impact, and possibly turn into change. I think that’s what this is about. And why I write music, why I do this. So I’m so, so, so grateful. I want to thank God for giving me the gift of a voice and a pen, and usin