Older Millennials, to be exact. I remember graduating back in 2004, and by 2009, all the music programs in my high school were cut completely
Yep.
Also, older black millennials are the last generation that grew up listening to urban radio that played different genres of black music.
In the 90's the popular urban radio station would play Gospel Sunday mornings, old school RnB/Dusties Sunday evenings, Hip Hop M-F, House/Juke Friday evenings, maybe reggae/dancehall on Saturdays. Now, all they play is "I'm outta town, thuggin with my rounds" 24/7.
Millennials just had more exposure to diversity on the radio and in the households.
Just sitting in the house, we had to listen to our parents, grandparents, or other relatives play music they grew up on and liked. We got exposed to old school/Dusties, RnB, Jazz, Blues, Classical (in my case), Soul, Gospel, etc. Then developed our own taste in music. I was picking up a taste for alternative, rock, metal, disco, synth, drum n bass, ambient, shoegaze, techno, fukking even opera.
Now everyone has iPhones and headphones so they listen to their own music and it's not being shared within households. And the younger generations are just being spoonfed what to like/what's trendy based off of social media influencers instead of developing their own taste.
Kinda tragic.
