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How Black artists helped make country music what it is today
Posted on 3/7/24 at 1:48 pm
Posted on 3/7/24 at 1:48 pm
How Black artists helped make country music what it is today
Artists like Beyonce and Lil Nas X are drawing mainstream attention to a tradition that is alive and well—thanks to the contributions and innovations of generations of Black musicians.
“It’s awakened such a discussion,” says Royster, an English professor at DePaul University and author of the 2022 book Black Country Music. “Students, friends, old friends from college have been calling, wanting to talk about this topic that, for a long time, has felt like a closet obsession.”
While many contemporary music listeners’ first experience with Black country music came with Lil’ Nas X’s 2018 “country-trap” novelty hit “Old Town Road,” Black folks have been writing, performing, and recording country music since it first became popular in the 1920s. In fact, country music wouldn’t exist as it does today without the contributions and innovations of Black musicians.
“One of the biggest lies this nation has ever told is that Black people are not country,” wrote culture critic Taylor Crumpton in the days following Beyoncé’s announcement. “Black people have always lived in the country. It is where we prayed. It is where we sang. It is where we worshiped.”
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Posted on 3/7/24 at 1:49 pm to djmed
Black people invented the internet too.
Posted on 3/7/24 at 1:51 pm to djmed
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How Black artists helped make country music what it is today
That's too bad, because country music is dog shite now.
Posted on 3/7/24 at 1:52 pm to djmed
Charlie Pride said frick those bitches..
Posted on 3/7/24 at 1:52 pm to djmed
Eminem and Vanilla Ice invented rap music.
Posted on 3/7/24 at 1:52 pm to djmed
I’m mid forties.
I’ve lived in two majority black towns, went to a majority black high school, work with a disproportionate number of blacks and coach a sport that is mostly black.
This sht is comical.
I’m very familiar with the everyday “country” black person and they listen to the same sht as urban blacks.
End of story.
As a related side note, culturally many behave the same, as well.
I’ve lived in two majority black towns, went to a majority black high school, work with a disproportionate number of blacks and coach a sport that is mostly black.
This sht is comical.
I’m very familiar with the everyday “country” black person and they listen to the same sht as urban blacks.
End of story.
As a related side note, culturally many behave the same, as well.
This post was edited on 3/7/24 at 1:53 pm
Posted on 3/7/24 at 1:53 pm to djmed
Welp, when I was a kid Charlie Pride was a true country music superstar. Great music.
Posted on 3/7/24 at 1:55 pm to djmed
Per TV, thuh Movies, and Netflix, 75% of all cowboys were black.
Little known fact.
Little known fact.
Posted on 3/7/24 at 1:56 pm to Leto II
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That's too bad, because country music is dog shite now.
True. When I was a D.J. I told my co-workers (who all hated CW music) that I found some really good C.W. music. They informed me: 'That's not country. That's bluegrass.'
Posted on 3/7/24 at 1:58 pm to prplngldtigr
Sounds like I probably know you. Haha
Posted on 3/7/24 at 1:59 pm to Tridentds
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Welp, when I was a kid Charlie Pride was a true country music superstar. Great music.
Agreed
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When I bought it for you darling, it seemed to be just right
Should I take it to the jeweler so it won't fit so tight?
Does my ring hurt your finger when you go out at night/
Posted on 3/7/24 at 2:02 pm to djmed
Country music is a direct result of Scottish and Scots-Irish settlers that brought their old commoner fiddle tunes from Britain. That’s it. ANY other influence was minor and peripheral at best.
We’re sitting here watching the Al Sharptoning of the world. At this rate, in ten years black people will have created everything, and it’ll be a crime to call bullshite on it.
We’re sitting here watching the Al Sharptoning of the world. At this rate, in ten years black people will have created everything, and it’ll be a crime to call bullshite on it.
Posted on 3/7/24 at 2:03 pm to djmed
Black music has been garbage since Mo-town era.
Rap/hip hop is pure trash that glorifies the worst among us and promotes the inner city thug culture
Rap/hip hop is pure trash that glorifies the worst among us and promotes the inner city thug culture
Posted on 3/7/24 at 2:09 pm to djmed
Black peoples invented everything
Posted on 3/7/24 at 2:09 pm to djmed
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How Black artists helped make country music what it is today
I give up... black people invented everything... THE END...
The fact that Beyonce' and Lil' Nas X are mentioned in the same breath as those like Charley Pride and Dobie Gray makes me sick...
Certainly black music needs recognition, especially Jazz and Blues for its influence on all forms of music but this trying to make blacks the inventors of everything has got to stop...
Posted on 3/7/24 at 2:11 pm to Possumslayer
Burgers, fries and cherry pies.
Posted on 3/7/24 at 2:12 pm to Pvt Hudson
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Eminem and Vanilla Ice invented rap music
Deborah Harry
Posted on 3/7/24 at 2:16 pm to Night Vision
cant believe this is going to be a movie, will be a flop but win tons of awards
Watching the preview it looks like the whole plot is they have to keep whitey happy and comfortable as whitey is the most dangerous thing alive.
Watching the preview it looks like the whole plot is they have to keep whitey happy and comfortable as whitey is the most dangerous thing alive.
This post was edited on 3/7/24 at 2:17 pm
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