Who Will Preserve Black Music for Future Generations?
Call & Post; Cincinnati, Ohio › August 27, 2009
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Taking a cue from [Aretha Franklin], neo-soul artists such as Chrisette Michele blend gospel and R&B influences. Michele recently brought her soulful act to the ICON Nightclub in downtown Columbus.
Gospel and R&B continues to produce young talent keeps the genres alive, but hip hop has become the dominant force in the music industry and has spawned a new generation of devoted followers that weren't even born when the art form originated in the 1970s. Columbus-born rappers such as Bow Wow and Bizzy Bone of Bone Thugs 'n' Harmony have done their part to pick up where LL Cool J and Grandmaster Flash left off.Much progress has been made from the early days of R&B in the 1950s when Black artists were treated as second-class citizens and saw their original recordings covered by White rock and pop artists who never gave them credit. Now African-American moguls such as Russell Simmons, Jay-Z and Scan "Diddy" Combs cut multi-million-dollar deals.See the full content of this document
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Who Will Preserve Black Music for Future Generations?
The last week of June brings with it the final days of Black Music Month and an opportunity to look forward to the future of African-American music.
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