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Feb 21, 2021 · Her expertise as a music journalist gives a glance into how Black culture has influenced the music and entertainment industry as whole. "Every genre that is born from America has Black roots ...
Feb 7, 2024 · The strength, beauty and influential power of Black music has been evident since Africans were inhumanely and unjustly captured and brought to the Americas. Though they were required to give up their languages, customs, and drums, the power of African rhythms remained in the heartbeats of enslaved Africans and their descendants.
- Micha Green
Feb 17, 2023 · From slave spirituals to rhythm & blues, rock ‘n roll, and hip-hop, Black music has been an instrument of expression, community, and resistance — as well as a documentarian of history. In over 400 years, Black music has continued to evolve and expand into the styles and genres we’ve familiarized today such as R&B, neo-soul, and pop.
Sep 21, 2024 · Myers notes that more Black music business professionals have been hired in the industry since 2020, but that there's still lots of work to do. "Where we are now is in a moment where we need to ...
Jun 27, 2020 · Today’s Black artists continue to expand the colorful beats and vocals from the early music industry. Finishing up our playlist, we’ve included a few picks and blends from the past 30 years of R&B, soul, hip-hop, rap, pop and more. Kick back and enjoy some Boyz II Men, The Notorious B.I.G., D’Angelo and Beyoncé.
- Justine Stephens
Aug 14, 2019 · Particular to black American music is the architecture to create a means by which singers and musicians can be completely free, free in the only way that would have been possible on a plantation ...
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Musical Crossroads, the permanent music exhibition at the NMAAHC, explores this history through the lens of five central themes: Roots in Africa, Hybridization, Agency and Identity, Mass Media & Entertainment, and Global Impact and Influence. The most distinctive features of African-American musical traditions can be traced back in some form or ...