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The hardest questions in pop music: Cultural appropriation, lyrics and more
- grawprog 8y agoWow...what a load of bullshit. Cultural appropriation of music? Really? Ok...how bout this for an example. Hiphop and rap were influenced by Jamaican dancehall, which was influenced by ska music, which was influenced by swing and big band music, which was influenced by jazz and blues music. Which was played.using guitars, pianos, drums, homemade instruments etc. The guitar comes from at least the 1200's in Spain and is descended from god knows how many stringed instruments from various cultures. How is performing a song in whatever style you enjoy cultural appropriation because you're not the correct race that invented that particular combination of beats and melodies, which was likely derived by taking things from older cultures anyway? What a stupid and pointless article...this is completely and utterly ridiculous. Every piece of music out there was appropriated from something else.