You cannot separate the black music from its african roots. To try to do so is c00nish. Where do you think the slaves got their instruments from? Drums were not invented in america. The rhythmic patterns, drums, percussion, instruments etc.. all originate from Africa. They literally teach courses on this stuff yet you are in denial. Good thing all of your favorite celebrated musicians from the motown era, stevie wonder, george clinton, james brown, marvin gaye etc are not and have all spoken about the african influence in their music.
No matter how hard you c00n you cannot separate your self from Africa and your african roots. Half of my family is american black by the way( yes slave blood is in me) and I was raised here in america my whole life so there goes that narrative as well. So it appears I do have more authority than you to speak on these matters since you probably hate yourself and have limited understanding of Africa and probably never attempted to even learn.
1. The hell you can't separate the 2!! Experience /lineage/history >>>origins in anyone's reality!
2. Outlining your own seperate group, with its distinct: history, experience, & culture, one to be respected and admired; one to be prideful of is 'c00nish'?!
Then I guess 99% of the entire globe, inclu YOU, and all other African nations and tribes.. Nikka you thought!! Save that 'we are the world' shyt for the other negros who dont know their history, and as such dont care about foreign opportunistic leaches, w/little more than a 500 year old, distant relation trying to co-opt their culture.. Proud AA DOS, over here.. Not gonna happen
3.Saying, dancing, hair braiding, drum playing ect helped us to survive the hell hole we lived as slavery is so laughable. Embarrassed you even tried to make a connection; especially as 95% of African culture was forcibly stripped away. May make you feel better, but some distant memory of Africa was the furthest thing on our minds, and again, once we crossed the Atlantic, we stopped (majorly) forever being 'African'!
4... Citations on all those famous ppl, extremely dubious! Regardless, willing to bet you're simply conflating natural rhythmic interpretation/intonations that still embedded in our bloodline, with subsequent musical creations: Negro spirituals, bluegrass, twang, blues, soul rnb, Gospel, jazz ect
BOURNE from our unique, distinct experience, slaves, going thru Jim Crow, mass incarceration, segregation, discrimination, marginalized, subjugated.. History
no African can make a single damn claim too!! Foh
5.Lie abt background if you want, I dnt have too, bc half my fam is legit African. However, it's thru marriage, so despite being very familiar, knowledgeable, even raised up in the culture, I know better to arrogantly fancy myself as an expert on a culture, history, set of circumstances that are not my own!! AA DOS, in case I ain't mention it.
If you ain't one, your proclamations don't mean none. Having 'family' or 'raised up in' dont mean shyt. Stop taking liberties in other ppl's cultures, and mind your own..
Oh that's right, you work in IT, can't sing, can't dance and have no stage presence. But you just happen to be the same race as Bobby Brown, so it's "your" music. 
I bet you brag about when "your" team wins the Super Bowl too, "we won". Yeah, you won the Super Bowl in Cheetos stained sweats from the floor of your studio apartment. 
