African Americans Literally Created American Culture 

@@d-alando7902Right…had to crowbar the gay in…tf?!

​@d-alando7902 Willi Ninja, the founder of Voguing. Madonna making millions from stealing from Willi Ninja and the Black LGBTQ community.

​@@garyjohnson691 You know that includes gay people, right? There are gay black people.

Not any gay folks but African American queer community created house music

Not gay

Out Loud 📢 We know! N we can tell u r stories. Thx for d confirmation.

Or no credit

Sad reality 😔

Look up the inventor of the saxophone.. spoiler, it wasn't a black dude.

@@radioface86inventing the saxophone isn’t required to being the originators of a genre of music you know that right?

@@radioface86 Yes, but a genre of music is not about who made the instruments.

@@radioface86 a true clown, thanks for exposing yourself 🤡

@@CertifiedKyl504 The devices you're all typing your replies on weren't invented by black dudes.

Don't leave out gospel or negro spirituals--this created the basic sound and style of singing for most of the genres you listed, so much so, that it created the sound for what would become "Rock n'Roll" and the "blues."

@@Denise6000-cs4mo Yeah you right 👍

The nucleus of it all started down south!

I just watched this video called "African Americans Literally Created American Culture" by The "Face Tatt Philosopher" and I have to say, as one who knows a thing or two about African American history and culture, it might just be one of the most compelling points of view that I have heard today. Ethnic music usually does not travel so well when it strays too far beyond its native environment. Certainly not to a point where it becomes even more popular than the style of music that existed before it. The only form of music that consistently defies this rule (despite repeated attempts to suppress its growing influence) is the music created by the descendants of African American slaves The thing that best defines what the world loves and admires most about the United States of America is the music and popular subcultures created by sons and daughters of African American slaves. And created during times when Jim Crow was at its most violent and oppressive. Because the cultural influence of the sons and daughters of African American slaves is so potent (especially on the world stage), the contribution of Black America is and will always be America's greatest commodity. a

False.

​@@JMosley-f9xfacts its named was banjar brought by the slaves. I know it hurts.

@@roybabineaux5353false our ancestors weren’t all slave n wasn’t brought by ah slave

⁠nothin hurts with giving credit we’re it’s due stop trying to Africanize us thank you

@shamika5300 it was an African instrument, whether you like it or not. Plus I'm from Louisiana please don't tell me about where my ancestors or from. I only deal in facts.

Ya'et'eh im 1 💯% native american apache chiricahua MALE of southern arizona mexico MMM NO THEY DID NOT INVENT AMERICAN CULTURE WHO EVER TOLD YOU IS LYING TOO MANY BRAINWASHED FOLKS SMH US NATIVE AMERICANS HAVE DEEP INFLUENCES WITHIN AMERICAS CULTURE YET WE GET NO CREDIT AT ALL AND NATIVE AMERICANS OF MESO AMERICA AKA LATIN AMERICA LIKE AZTEC ZENU INFLUENCED INVENTED BANDA CUMBIA ZAPATAEDO THEY DONT 0 AFRICAN INFLUENCES I know this because I was raised in Mexico MOST MUSIC OF MEXICO CENTRAL SOUTH AMERICA IS FROM NATIVE AMERICANS THERE THIS IS TRUTH WHAT I TYPED

Absolutely with you on this. Throughout my life I've been: a club kid (1974-) back when, Disco, Philly, and Funk was considered "ghetto" DJ from 1977-1989 watching Black dance music become mainstream Pop i.e. Euro through aculturation and a Ballroom and Latin instructor/choreographer 1994-2011 (when, during this period I investigated the historical, cultural, and sociological origins of these music/dance genres and discovered all (except Waltz and Paso Doble) came directly from or where inspired by music and dances of the African Diaspora. This phenomenon is not restricted to the African Diaspora. We can examine Greek Bouzouki music and dance, the Flamenco and Sevillianes of Spain (North African African and Near East influences) and add to the list... endlessly. Culture is beautiful, powerful, interesting, and INFLUENTIAL. LOL Pardon my enthusiasm, but your comment got me going! 😄👍🏾👊🏾

@@GordonBeckles Hey, never pardon enthusiasm, it's infectious! Glad I got you going!

Yes, I'm from Cleveland and I'm familiar with its history. The term is actually a slang for many things. According to my mother, it is for sex, for fighting, and for music. The creativity of African Americans is evident in the variety of meanings that slang can convey. She stated, they would say you wanna 'Rock and Roll for sex and for fighting ...okay let's Rock and Roll. And again, for music, walking up and asking a girl standing on the wall to dance? Let's rock and roll? That's the same way of today's culture.

Actually, the term “Rock’n’roll” was a slang term for sex used by Black Americans people in the early to mid 1900s.

@@parkermudsen1063 I said the same thing in another stitch.

They said that Chuck Berry was Rockabilly as well as Rock n Roll,Elvis came later.Chuck Berry said that his whole career was a rendition of Rosetta Tharp' although he is credited for being the father of Rock n Roll.

It was also influenced by a black gay man as well via the band Kings X!

Exactly! Her name was Tina Bell. Kurt Cobain was actually one of her roadies.

As someone who Dj'ed house and techno back in the day, I'm glad to see someone acknowledging the black roots of EDM.

Well the only blacks who halfway like EDM are only in Chicago. Blame the black music industry for that

@@adb2uHuh? Rihanna and Kelly Rowland dominated the EDM era….

Exactly! That's what I just posted in my comment. 👋🏾

Jamaicans and Puerto Ricans had some influence on hip hop. They didn’t create it but there’s some influence.

Ummm no . Black American music is reminiscent of the entirety of our culture which isn’t just or even majority African .

African American music is from America and has nothing to do with Africa .

What's that?

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We’re all black dude stop trying to separate us

I agree with him we are not all black

@@heismoraye being all Black doesn’t mean we’re all the same Ethnicity

@@Karsielatee who said it was?

@@heismoraye you, or did you not read your own comment?

Paul McCartney said that nobody sings or makes music better than Blacks.

Stop saying African, we are Black Americans.

Yeah if u animals had a soul!

Be foreal

I’m so glad that people are waking up to this fact that has been erased from American history. Black people have been in the Americas long before white people even existed.

@@WORKSbabywe are for real this our country that we are indigenous to welcome to the year 2024

@@shamika5300 we might as well be it really don’t matter

It's quite silly to say that. Hip Hop was heavily influenced by Jamaicans and you also have Drum and Bass that was created by Jamaicans. We are not the only creative ones.

that's False! Hip hop was created by us Black Americans Doacs and if u wanna go there, regg​ae was created because of our Black American Doacs blues genre.@@kevinb9425

Caribbean is technically in North America

@@calaragazza3556 No, the Caribbean is technically in the Caribbean

@@MichaelMoon863 Greater North America includes the Bahamas, Bermuda, Canada, the Caribbean, Central America, Clipperton Island, Greenland, Mexico, Saint Pierre and Miquelon, Turks and Caicos Islands, and the United States.

No, he meant what he said. You're not indigenous, you're West and Central African descent.

@@amonone399nope our Ethnicity is African American. If you’re not African American this video doesn’t pertain to you or your ancestors.

@@primarilydocumented1624 Utter nonsense.

I think it’s a combination of African Americans and the original black Americans.

@@calaragazza3556 No such thing as an African American, it's a made up label for people who don't care about their origins.

Maybe it’s time to find other positive influences that can’t be stolen?

He didn't say all he said American weren't you listening.

You can credit one race for certain things.

I why are you mad at history?

@@kaizatengoku3893 As a black guy I think I do support the idea that a lot of our influence has been erased or understated, but yeah like I said in the original comment this whole video had a vibe that black people were responsible for American culture wholeheartedly with no contributions from any other race, the title literally says "African Americans Literally Created American Culture". So what was wrong about my comment?

@kelechi_77 Well we did create the culture

sharing culture and exploiting it are two different things

@@akirataken I said what I said 🤷🏾‍♂️

@@akirataken When have they not exploited us though? That includes other POC, they don't like us but they like our culture. Our culture should not be shared with anyone.

​@@akiratakenYea right

​@@EbsSevenTRUE

Rap didn't start in the Bronx it came from down south. Pog meat markem was what New York used for inspiration.

Can you give a shout to black Americans?

That’s what he referenced when sourcing some origins in minstrel shows/ragtime. The painting of vaudeville as this thing that originated in old times saloons is to remove its deep inherent ties to the black art that made it popular.

Nonsense. Blues was entirely created by Black Americans. STOP the lies!! You just have to impose some random white person in an all black space!!!

@carlosjonesable These roots are not removed in any scholarly books, but makes sense since most people won't read them.

NO, one created and the exploited and then stole

"Can't remember his name"....what does that tell you?

@@warrenlewis3977 it means that I forgot his name Einstein

@@richardcole3800 Because he's not important...you didn't forget Einsteins name.

@@warrenlewis3977 touché

Classical music...... wake the eff up

​@@LOSTONITALL what does that have to do with anything? White people didn't make classical music. Europeans did.

@@LOSTONITALL No one’s talking about European classical music this vidoe is aboit what Black people have created.

​@LOSTONITALL who listens to that?? Besides, we were talking about AMERICAN music.

Music alphabet ? Seeing as how most black Americans play by ear and don’t read music, that’s irrelevant .

And the Greeks created the music scale and they most certainly weren’t white if that’s what you’re implying .

Electric power was invented by no one or was discovered. And white people didn't discover it first

Many instruments. We have today can a be tracked back to none white cultures. By the post-classical era, instruments from Mesopotamia were in maritime Southeast Asia, and Europeans played instruments originating from North Africa.

Nice try...

LMFAO. No, kid. Our music has always been counter culture and "vulgar."

(Pinned for "education" purposes) What you said about race is objectively true but your comment seems to seek to remove historical context. It’s not about *literally* saying there is a racial difference in music, but about righting historical wrongs & giving credit where credit is due. We all strive to live in a world where race truly doesn’t matter like it did in the past & still does today, but in order to get there we have to go through the period of time where we are honest & fair about race, culture, contributions & continue to attempt to alleviate residual effects from colonialism & slavery. Until these disparities are resolved, race will continue to be talked about because again, while race objectively doesn’t or shouldn’t matter, we live in a world that was literally built off of enforcing ideas of race & superiority. That doesn’t just disappear in a decade of civil rights movements. Just saying “race doesn’t matter” “we’re all Americans” “music is music” has “good intentions” but is very dismissive of racial faults in American society & also dismissive of the very real struggles of disenfranchised communities like the black community. To say that we *haven't* progressed at all is also ignorant & it’s honestly inspiring in all arenas, Black, gay, Asian, immigrant, etc. But the reasons we made such strides is because we reject the thinking that your comment represents “race doesn’t matter” or the idea “race doesn’t matter anymore, we moved on” instead we continue to focus on our issues because that is the only way to truly progress. To fix a problem the problem first has to be acknowledged & exposed. Thanks again for watching!

@@SagethisI do understand the past inequities in the music industry. The main issues lie in what some record companies and producers may have done in the past, coupled with the common divisive factors such as institutionalized racism at a period when marketing promotions and sales opportunities may have been adversely affected. Yes, problems of injustice and hate need to be acknowledged and exposed. *Since we cannot change* *history or undo the past, where do the real solutions lie?* The 'blame game' does not effect change in the minds and hearts of people. Our world is more divided racially, socially, and politically than ever before despite the perceived progress.

⁠@@dantzmusicI responded to everything you just restated in my previous comment already. It’s not about a “blame game” it’s about factual history. White people may feel uncomfortable with learning about their ancestors past, partly because it is true that you in the present aren’t at fault for that past. But by attempting to reject the past or current problems or downplay them by saying “well it’s bad but what can we do? Get over it” is just as bad. White people do not have the right to not feel uncomfortable. The past is horrible, yes you may physically not be a slave owner yourself, but telling black Americans to “get over it” is literally just softer forms of racism & white privilege. One solution like I said is just exposing issues, talking about them, educating people. More tangible solutions would obviously be legislation to attempt to right wrongs from slavery & Jim Crow by attempting to better the communities of Black Americans through better education & economic opportunities. With all due respect, you are playing the willfully ignorant role which is literally born from white privilege. You didn’t grow up having to think about how you’re black & how threatened certain people are by your very existence, so these conversations make you uncomfortable & want to say “it’s in the past” “what can we do” as if it’s an overly abstract issue tht we should just forget about and stop “finger pointing”. Nobody is finger pointing, I’m literally just stating history. What is really happening is you are projecting your guilty conscience. Not saying you are guilty of being racist (idk you obviously) but just guilty of denying or downplaying the severity and existence of it, because again as a white person ( or non black person I also don’t know your race) it’s easier & is more comforting for you to do so. Again white & non black people do not have the right to not be offended or uncomfortable. If my video stating OBVIOUS history makes you feel uncomfortable to the point of feeling the need to downplay it or say there is no solution than that says something about you, not my video. Also the world is more divided then ever before? Really? More divided than the 1860s & the war over slavery? More divided than the 1910s & women’s suffrage & workers rights? More divided than the 60s & 70s & the civil rights movement & Vietnam war? In the 1970s America shocked the world with how it looked like it was collapsing, Nixon's Watergate, oil embargo, gold standard, Civil Rights protests. Every time there is social progress the people who previously benefited from the status quo resist & debate & social unrest happens. *Progress doesn’t come peacefully on the wings of doves, it is born from stress, strain, and a powerful, vocal social fight.* Today the internet has made everything more visible. That is all. We are more aware & awake & we refuse to sit by idle & accept injustice. With the pursuit of justice comes “social unrest” as one side fights for its rights & the other side resists & fights against it. This is the story of history.

@@dantzmusicTo respect Black American history and culture, you must understand music is sacred to our ethnic group. There is no separating Black Americans from our genre. And it’s not really about the entire “race,” this is more so ethnic. Black Americans are a unique ethnic group. We descend from slavery in the US. Most of our families have been here since before there was a US. We aren’t the same as Jamaicans, Haitians, Afro Brazilians etc. or even migrants from African countries. Those have and are unique ethnicities/nationalities. There are def black peoples from elsewhere that have participated in Black American culture and music. But our music is ethnic. And to the dude in the video, peace you got a lot correct. However, Soul is a uniquely Black American tradition and cultural aspect. We created the soulful style of singing. Anyone who sings “with soul,” are emulating the sounds, vocal inflections and techniques we’ve created.

Why?

No. That's stupid

No he’s not. If you’re not a descendant of enslaved west and Central Africans in the US and haven’t been here since the 1600-1700s then you are not Ethnically African American. His ethnicity is Dutch & English.

@@tvlover1492 African means white people, you didn't know that?

@@tvlover1492not all black Americans are descendants of slaves. That’s ridiculous . Hopefully y’all are looking into your own family history and not just blindly accepting a narrative used to colonize the minds of our people .

Bruh, how the heck is Elon musk African American? 😂

Black Americans created the music

Europeans do have there own type of music but this vidoe is only talking aboit the makers of Known genres that most listings to today. All types of music like traditional Chinese music didn’t exist in Africa but considering Africa Asia an the Middle East existed before Europeans it makes sense for europeans to be inspired from others before them.

You seem mad at history? care to explain why?

You seem mad at history? care to explain why?

Did Black people create American popular music or not? Name a POPULAR musical art form created by white Americans.

That is why when I said that I put on the screen *referring to the conceptual modern nation- not the pre colonial continent*. This entire video is discussing the modern American nation that recently was conceived, not the literal continent that has thousands & thousands of years of native history & peoples that inhabit it. I’m aware that Native Americans were the original inhabitants, but for the sake of the point that I was making- regarding conceptual American principles & the modern nation of America, & the fact that based off those principles anyone can be American no matter your race & that there is no objective American culture- couldn’t have been made if I assumed the modern singular nation of America that didn’t exist before 1776 literally equals the Native American. Native American history is very rich & deep but is obviously distinct from the post colonial “Conceptual Nation of America” that I made this video about.

@@Sagethis thank you for pointing it out. I was drawing and looking away from the screen while listening to you. Looked back again and seen it.

@@Sagethis I apologize. Will pay closer attention in future

@@Psychoticsavage ohh that makes sense, no worries at all I would never want it to come off as disrespectful to Native American culture & history. I think to discuss that I’d probably need a whole separate video to really do that subject justice. Thanks for watching!

@@Sagethis I hope you dip your toes into the native american culture and problems. Especially the residential schools which ended in 1996. There is survivors and Canada wants to silence them.

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