Normani admits she has always felt "very insignificant" about Fifth Harmony.
The 25-year-old singer, who participated in Fifth Harmony with Camila Cabello, Lauren Jauregui, Ally Brooke, Dinah Jane, admits that it was not easy to be the "only black girl in a band".
"For someone who always felt very marginalized and who was the only black girl in a band, it was a lot for me on a psychological level. "There were times when I felt that they were not seeing me and I felt insignificant and that my vocal abilities were not as amazing," he confessed to Entertainment Tonight.
"The fact that I overcame this shows, I believe, my endurance, but also the people who were with me from the first day. "I'm so grateful for that."
Normani now enjoys life as a solo artist and has assured her fans that her new songs "will all come in the summer".
Regarding her first personal album, she commented: "It will definitely be worth the wait. I hope you love it as much as I do. "
"Obviously I spent a few years preparing. I just hope you feel closer to me, honestly. This is the beauty of music. "People can interpret it as they wish, but once it becomes theirs, I hope they enjoy it."
Normani, meanwhile, has mentioned in the past the influence that artists such as Beyonce, Ashanti, Ciara and Janet Jackson have had in their lives.
"They gave me the opportunity to become the black girl I am today and the black artist and woman I have evolved into," she said.
"Women like them and those who represented me at a young age made me able, when I was four or five, to say to my mom and dad, 'I want to be like Janet.' I want to dance like Ciara. "I want to be like Beyonce," he explained.
"What I saw on TV was what I wanted to become and it really opened my mind to the potential I had and for me it means a lot," he said.
