
First of all, we're not African American, we're Black Americans, or FBA for short. Secondly the most popular NYC artists have always been FBA. Biggie doesn't negate that.
Ryli
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First of all, we're not African American, we're Black Americans, or FBA for short. Secondly the most popular NYC artists have always been FBA. Biggie doesn't negate that.



@_StillTheShawn Most popular nyc artist overtime weren’t African American. Also a boogie is a NY star and he’s African American



Black Americans, specifically, are unbeatable when it comes to popular music. No other national or subnational population in the world comes close in terms of the sheer number of major genres and styles they've pioneered.













This is false. I don’t know where you got he information from. Link the songs with that flow of JA artist cadence you’re talking about. JA artist got toasting from BAs. And Biggies cadence comes from Black American jazz and Bebop drumming….from his doc…




@liam_7757 Lmao, nah. And Jamaicans got the idea to toast by listening to Black Americans….there would literally be no toasting in JA if it weren’t for Black Americans rapping in records since the blues days…I k is this fact eats yall up. Because you guys don’t research. Coxsone Dodd….

Legendary MC Big Daddy Kane speaks on DJ Cool Herc and Hip Hop…

Legendary MC Big Daddy Kane speaks on DJ Cool Herc and Hip Hop…

@allaboutsoul15 Trying to claim ownership over these genres is desperate. Afrobeats is distinctly Nigerian and Dancehall is distinctly Jamaican. No listens to those genres and thinks “black American”



@HaxForFood @ZSickmind @mamuragen1 @TAZUTRA @FBASoulja1 This isn’t true, and def wasn’t true at the origins of Hip Hop. All rooted in Black American culture. Y’all keep leaving out Coke La Rock, Flowers, Pete Jones and Mario. And y’all keep showing that flyer, which has been recently debunked. Herc even says it really “began” in 70


First off, Kool Herc is a legend no denying his contribution He is a Jamaican migrant who assimilated into Black American culture and was heavily influenced by it. No one really knew he was Jamaican, only a few people, as he states here. He was only playing Black American record.