Essence Magazine:
By Rayna Reid ·Updated May 6, 2022
On May 15, fourteen-year-old Amariyanna “Mari” Copeny “will receive the Changemaker Award at the 2022 Billboard Music Awards,” (BBMAs) for her environmental justice activism, becoming the third person to join the ranks of Killer Mike and Trae The Truth, the two previous recipients of the award.
The BBMAs introduced this new prize in 2020, as the nation wrestled with social and racial justice
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