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Sinead O’Connor Unmatched talent Unchartered courage We, as a society, cancelled you when we should have listened, acted, and celebrated you This clip: 1989 She is 21 This was her first album Nominated for a Grammy for best rock vocal performance alongside Tina Turner and Pat Benatar. She gave no fucks. Entering on stage with no visible band wearing only a black sports bra and jeans. Singing about the rituals of female circumcision. She smashed it! She tied the arms of a baby’s onesie, worn by her then-young son Jake, onto the belt loops of her jeans, letting it flap around her waist as she sang. O’Connor later put the onesie on her mother’s grave, intending it as a “souvenir for her from the Grammys.” The writer Allyson McCabe also called the wardrobe choice “a middle finger to the executives at her record label who had warned her that motherhood and a career were incompatible.” O’Connor topped off her outfit by painting Public Enemy’s yellow and black bullseye logo on the left side of her head-effectively giving the group, and the entire genre of hip-hop, a prominent place on network TV. Thx @losangelespunkrocker for sharing #sineadoconnor #grammys #grammys #hero #voice #rip #legend #nothingcomparestoyou #nothingcompares #restinpeace #thelionsndthecobra #dublin #ireland @song4thedeaf