Considering their tiny population are Jamaicans the most influential people ever?

[Poitier]

Just want to address the bold
1) food: i don't know about that one. I don't see the influence of AA cooking/cuisine globally. Unless you are talking about soul food restaurants in other countries
2)fashion: outside hair (afros, etc. ) and hip hop wear/streetwear i also am not too sure about the impact of AAs in global fashion especially as most of the world follows European fashion

Southern barbecue and soul food are distinct culinary forms recognized globally.
The big European and Japanese fashion houses have all taken cues from AA trends. All of them.

 

[Indiglow Meta (R$G)]

not sure what your post has to do with mine

It just smashed your premise.
Stop it.

 

[Bawon Samedi]

Jamaicans >>>>

they have much less population and much poorer, yet their influence is known worldwide. AA are in the richest country in the world, that exports its culture world wide.

1. While Jamaicans are poorer. AAs aren't exactly "rich" either especially considering they are the poorest group in America(if we exclude Native Americans).
2. I hate it when people bring up but.. but AAs live in the richest country without using context. Going back to point 1 AAs are the poorest group. But more importantly the majority of the influence took place before America was a world power. I.e AA influence on Afro-Cuban Jazz. @IllmaticDelta can expand on that.

if you just look at sports, JA beats US in track and on a similar level in soccer. Boxing, JA are weaker, but they've had a heavyweight world champion Lennox Lewis.

AAs may be "weaker" at track than JA but AAs had Jesse Owens.

And lets not forget Basketball... Which is gaining more popularity international.

 

[Kilgore Trout]

Jamaicans are known for entertainment, track and field and weed. That's where it stops.

oh the irony

 

[Indiglow Meta (R$G)]

Track is a training sport in America. It doesn't make enough money to matter.
Brag about sports for fine texas relay thots, brehs.

 

[BrothaZay]

No, theres only 40 million African Americans and we influence the whole world

 

[Indiglow Meta (R$G)]

Funny how @Dip brings up Jamaican gangs.
Bring up how the shower posse got dried up and whipped all throughout the eastern seaboard. nikkas packed it up and moved to Toronto.
Shout outs to JBM, 4th x kennedy, and other crews who smashed Jamaicans, Colombians, and Dominicans....at the same damn time.
Crushing cans.
Jamaica imports gangs, too. They can only thrive where there are no other blacks.

 

[Critical Distance]

tryna eek out a W anyway they can.

 

[Bawon Samedi]

let me stir the pot

outside music and gangs, what is AA's global influence?

Lets see...

1. Fashion
2. Food(yes food)
3. Dances(I literally see almost every group on instagram doing the 'dap' lol)
4. Films
5. Slangs
6. Hairstyles(cant tell you how many Ethiopians I saw in Ethiopia rocking hairstyles from USA)
7. Black empowerment

I can go on.

 

[Akata Man Bromo]

the most delusional of the diaspora

 

[broller]

can Jamaica really claim Biggie if he was born in the United States?

 

[Premeditated]

HAS TO BE EUROPEANS. WE INFLUENCE POP CULTURE QUITE A BIT BUT REALLY THINK ABOUT THIS. WE SPEAK THEIR LANGUAGE, WORSHIP THEIR GOD, SPEND THEIR MONEY. WE INFLUENCE THEIR STYLES BUT WE BUY IT FROM THEM. WE INVENT THEN PAY THEM FOR THE RIGHT TO SELL IT. THEIR INFLUENCE DWARF OURS EASILY.

this is the correct answer unfortunately

but op said by population

 

[Bawon Samedi]

To be clear I am NOT trying to trash Jamaican culture(I LOVE the culture) and I agree for a tiny island it was able to influence a lot. But... Outside of reggae and the rasta movement thats where it ENDS.

Dancehall sadly still has not become mainstream in America. Its limited on the East coast of America.

 

[Primetime21]

These types of threads are destructive.

Why do you think Op created it and suckers just line up to take the bait

 

[Trajan]

HAS TO BE EUROPEANS. WE INFLUENCE POP CULTURE QUITE A BIT BUT REALLY THINK ABOUT THIS. WE SPEAK THEIR LANGUAGE, WORSHIP THEIR GOD, SPEND THEIR MONEY. WE INFLUENCE THEIR STYLES BUT WE BUY IT FROM THEM. WE INVENT THEN PAY THEM FOR THE RIGHT TO SELL IT. THEIR INFLUENCE DWARF OURS EASILY.