to be real it happens all the time.

lmao

dam

read my other post

you have to understand that many many things were locked off from black people. the whole “alternative black” doesn’t make sense because it’s more accepted now black people to be associated with things that aren’t stereotypically seen as black.

but i still think tyler the creator is a bad example because his rap wasn’t that far from the norm it was him being edgy and a skateboarder...

how he is now in terms of music has been that way for lots of black musicians but him as a person he’s more accepted by society because we’ve changed

but think about how old your father is ...

that's not a black experience

That was part of the family issues

Why u put that quote? That part is all fact not my opinion

@CaliKhalElCaliban u and shaq get it

Definitely not as big as Motown — hell nah. That’s not even what OP’s original post is about tho. He’s talking about more recently, not 60 years ago.

Jimi was one of the few artists I could listen to in the rock genre without being called whitewashed.

Seems y’all are saying Jimi just became black recently? What year did he earn his blackness in your opinion?

OP said him being from the good part of Brooklyn means he was involved with white people and omits from the black culture

I said he wasn't only around white people he was in the streets with black people doing things of black culture

No one said that. I said he’s getting more popular and accepted now never said he wasn’t black bruh. I just put “alternative”

I put it in quotes cause its ur quote

And how does him also being around some white people mean he alt black

Yes, “accepted” by the black race. Aka earning your blackness

Nah Jimmy was always black. We’re saying artists like Jimmy, basquiat, Tyler etc are becoming more appreciated by young black people because that “oh that’s some white people type s***” mentality is fading away.

For example Tyler said like 2 years ago in an interview that his song got played at a black party and they knew it word for word. He said that was a moment he’d been waiting his whole career for

No I said that because ppl act like he grew up in Brownsville then became homeless and his art was the only thing that saved him
nothing to do with black culture bruh or him not being black

Bruh he was mostly with white ppl ain’t nothing wrong with that it’s a fact. All his girls were white that’s ok I’m sayin the white art world tried to claim him but now more black ppl appreciate him das all I’m sayin

No accepted as in tha mentality of “bein black” is fading away like shaq said

we're taking about his social awareness based upon the opportunities he was given in America which translated to his art style or jimis music.

which then also translated to his fanbase. then popularity + cultural acceptance.

kinda like how kanye is popular right now and had to make college dropout then compete with 50 cent.

kinda like how trappers aint f***ing wit dev hynes like that right now. (but not all trappers)

People have always and will always say that tho.

Half this site will say artists like JPEGMAFIA and even Kendrick is “white people music”. What has really changed?

The Internet just made y’all more aware of different opinions / tastes that I would argue have always existed

he’s 60. jimi died when he was 10 and i know it for sure that my grandparents weren’t playing his music. but outside of him i have had black people younger than him talk about jimi

alternative black ppl

my mom put me onto jimi .

she really alt black .

she put the whole family onto steely dan

also i have friends who listen to uni hendrix as well.

They will but it’s fading away slowly.

But how does that make him alt black

my parents are really bay area so they’ve been exposed to lots of “different” kinds of music lol. they’re always playing lots of different stuff but emphasizing black music too it’s nice

I’ma agree to disagree with you family. This argument is all opinions and personal experience based at this point 🤝

See the problem here is op never defined alt black

I make a post giving some definition to alt black, with that being black people f***ing with s*** outside of black culture. And I say basquiat and jimi doesn't fit that description.

OP replys to that post and says he does cause he was moving with white people and was in the white art world

I say no he doesnt fit that description cause even tho he was in the white art world his art wasn't something outside of black culture, its graffiti and street art, which is black culture. So how does that make him alt black

Just cause something is popular amongst a wide demo dont make them alt black by that description