African American is the tribe but Africa is home

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Had you quoted my entire comment, you'd have read that I mentioned NYC metro area, other big city metro areas, and that I've lived in the northeast. You take the metro areas in this region of the country, and you're going to see it.

I did, but then you said northeast

 

[get these nets]

Go read some of the threads. See how they come to screeching halt when things that don't fit taglines and simple narratives get mentioned.
Like the background of Louis Farrakhan, for example. American born child of Caribbean parents.

 

[InkosiYe]

like Styles P(half) and Jean Grae

One the things that complicates the matter is that Caribbean and continental Africans have been here for decades, growing up with, attending school with, dating, marrying and having children with AAs and each other. This is well known and commonplace in NYC metro and other big cities. Exchanging cultures. ....blending families

Yup, blended families and folks whose parents have been here for decades. It ain't as black and white as just saying people are trying to eat off the culture, some of these folks have been here helping build the culture to what it is.

 

[get these nets]

Yup, blended families and folks whose parents have been here for decades. It ain't as black and white as just saying people are trying to eat off the culture, some of these folks have been here helping build the culture to what it is.

Hip hop is an American art form. The 3 men most widely acknowledged as molding it are all of Caribbean descent.

KOOL HERC, GRANDMASTER FLASH, and Afrika Bambatta

Hip hop is the most visible example of this cultural exchange and blending of Black cultures.

 

[get these nets]

Go read some of the threads. See how they come to screeching halt when things that don't fit taglines and simple narratives get mentioned.
Like the background of Louis Farrakhan, for example. American born child of Caribbean parents.

Some of the views/comments start looking funny in the light when you stop and think.

 

[BruhManFromTheFifthFlo]

You’ll be back once some dusty African sells you out to cacs and treat you like they’re above you because they didn’t get taken

 

[Cadillac]

Hip hop is an American art form. The 3 men most widely acknowledged as molding it are all of Caribbean descent.

KOOL HERC, GRANDMASTER FLASH, and Afrika Bambatta

Hip hop is the most visible example of this cultural exchange and blending of Black cultures.

@bolded Nope thats just AA culture and only us



Imma let Illmatic school ya because hes a expert on this specific topic

@IllmaticDelta

 

[Pit Bull]

Hip hop is an American art form. The 3 men most widely acknowledged as molding it are all of Caribbean descent.

KOOL HERC, GRANDMASTER FLASH, and Afrika Bambatta

Hip hop is the most visible example of this cultural exchange and blending of Black cultures.

See y'all gon have to break that one down for me, pop

When I listen to Hip Hop, even the earliest stages of Hip Hop all I hear is African American music. Explain to me exactly which elements of Hip Hop music are from the Caribbean. African Americans have been rapping for over 100 years. Started doing it over Disco, Funk, and Soul instrumentals. All three genres are African American. I fail to see any other black culture being represented in the foundation.

I been asking Caribbean nikkas this all day and all I been getting is

What are these Caribbean elements. Y'all continuously try to write us out of our own culture and history and then wonder why you receive so much push back. That's the type of shyt that get computers putin.

Them dudes is essentially American. If I move to Jamaica with my AA wife and give birth to a son that later combines reggae style lyrics over danchall beats(which Herc didn't even do the equivalent of in America) and he starts to claim that the genre is African American culture and has no roots in Jamaica then you nikkas would lose your minds and my child would be in the wrong.

 

[InkosiYe]

Them dudes is essentially American. If I move to Jamaica with my AA wife and give birth to a son that later combines reggae style lyrics over danchall beats and he starts to claim that the genre is African American culture and has no roots in Jamaica then you nikkas would lose your minds and my child would be in the wrong.

But in that case if Jamaican's tried to act like AA's never contributed to reggae culture then they'd be in the wrong. Caribbean dudes were at the forefront of the hip hop movement and you got dudes acting like this was an AADOS only movement. It wasn't.

 

[Cadillac]

But in that case if Jamaican's tried to act like AA's never contributed to reggae culture then they'd be in the wrong. Caribbean dudes were at the forefront of the hip hop movement and you got dudes acting like this was an AADOS only movement. It wasn't.

to paraphase the brotha @Indiglow Meta (R$G) AAs impact and music influenced reggae, whereas the caribbeans didnt play or use any caribbean culture to help Hip hop and they just used AA culture(soul, funk, etc) with there contribution to Hip hop

 

[Pit Bull]

But in that case if Jamaican's tried to act like AA's never contributed to reggae culture then they'd be in the wrong. Caribbean dudes were at the forefront of the hip hop movement and you got dudes acting like this was an AADOS only movement. It wasn't.

At the forefront, no. We're a part of it, yes. And keep in mind them nikkas blended in with African Americans.

Maybe I can ask you.

Exactly what elements of Hip Hop were brought to the Americas from the Caribbean? What did Caribbean nikkas teach African Americans how to do in regards to rap music or Hip Hop as a whole?

 

[Anti-Anime]

The day we all squad up under blackness

 

[InkosiYe]

to paraphase the brotha @Indiglow Meta (R$G) AAs impact and music influenced reggae, whereas the caribbeans didnt play or use any caribbean culture to help Hip hop and they just used AA culture(soul, funk, etc) to contribute with Hip hop

nikka, non AADOS people were making some of the greatest hip hop music of all time. From the inception all the way down to now. Period. Non AADOS black folks sampled disco, funk and soul and helped create an entirely NEW GENRE. Thus they helped create hip hop. Period. And helped keep it going as well. EVERYBODY had a hand in it, stop acting like everybody else is on some culture vulture shyt.

At the forefront, no. We're a part of it, yes. And keep in mind them nikkas blended in with African Americans.

Maybe I can ask you.

Exactly what elements of Hip Hop were brought to the Americas from the Caribbean? What did Caribbean nikkas teach African Americans how to do in regards to rap music or Hip Hop as a whole?

See above. And how can they not be at the forefront when a caribbean dude is widely accepted as creating hip hop? And if they blended in so what? I've been saying that this whole thread. nikkas from all backgrounds have been blending in and sharing the same struggles in the same neighborhoods and ALL helping impact the culture. Y'all are the ones acting like nobody contributed anything worth a damn besides AADOS.

 

[Nemesis]

@The Wave
@Nemesis
@Theraflu

Cool African brehs

Fam , no need to apologise ..... The Coli aint real life and to be honest everyone says stupid shyt from time to time ....

For me everyone supposed to feel pride where they from and feel they got the best culture/women/country/food etc... etc.. its only natural my issue has always been with people that want to shyt on other people and create divisions

I find the easy way to a drama free life is to deal with people how I want to be dealt with ..... I got a TON of friends who I never bothered to find out where they from it has never been that important....... your own kind can stab you in the back just as much as an outsider

Im cool with whoever is cool with me

 

[Cadillac]

nikka, non AADOS people were making some of the greatest hip hop music of all time. From the inception all the way down to now. Period. Non AADOS black folks sampled disco, funk and soul and helped create an entirely NEW GENRE. Thus they helped create hip hop. Period. And helped keep it going as well. EVERYBODY had a hand in it, stop acting like everybody else is on some culture vulture shyt.

@IllmaticDelta u might have to take this nikka to school to

and they did not create nothing the Elements of Hip hop were already present