that is not entirely true. black originated music was a huge, integral part of the formation of rock and roll, but it actually has influences from many cultures, not just one

Contributions came from America's black population, with an ancient heritage of oral storytelling through music of African origin, usually with strong rhythmic elements, with frequent use of "blue notes" and often using a "call and response" vocal pattern. African music was modified through the experience of slavery, and through contact with white musical styles such as the folk ballad, and instruments, such as the Spanish guitar.

en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Origins_of_rock_and_roll

This site is sooooooo bad man why do i keep using it

No referring to yourself as a rapper is already implied as being an artist

Separating the 2 means you think rappers and artists aren't one in the same

i end up feeling a little snobbish when people who don't play instruments call themselves musicians cause it sounds good its like what u be playing

please stfu and don't ruin peaceful harmony for us
thank u

You are purely being speculative saying things have to be a certain way because you think they do. You don’t need every radio station to play you in order to go platinum, you can get that being played regularly on the black stations.

if you make a list of the 10 singles Adele, Taylor Swift, and Beyoncé released last decade it’s very easy to find that the ones from the white artists get played on white pop stations and Beyoncé doesn’t. Beyoncé and Drake do not get white pop radio play. Mariah Carey had songs she couldn’t have rappers on because the radio stations would tell her that they would not play rap.

"I am a rapper" = I am an artist

Is different than "I'm not a rapper I'm an artist" (making a correction)

if you sat at your laptop and opened up garage band and laid some vocals and a track, you were an artist for the day. you created something.

yeah i like when people are proud of rapping ability and being a rapper itself unashamedly that s***s fire

hint: nothing!

@giorno_giovanna stealing my posts

F*** them crackers

Rap is art and there is nothing to be ashamed of in being a rapper

Oh I literally said I wasn't familiar man I wasn't a fan. I thought he was doing some different s***

my bad i wws just trying to reinforce that point since we were already talking, my fault

I’m kidding
It’s not that serious

Love

@op saying this as a jpegmafia stan is hilarious to me

Jesus, what “stigma”?

No, I believe that's what YOU (and others) draw from those individuals separating the two. Those are the presumptions you're putting onto those people. I still haven't received a strong enough example of a rapper stating the contrary:

then we are both being speculative because you are doing the same thing as me but from an opposite point of view

i don’t know if drake is the best example here, considering he’s one of the biggest musical acts in the world and most certainly has play everywhere

as far as mariah carey goes, i don’t know about that because i never heard that before, but i wouldn’t say i’d be surprised if she was told that, because back when she was really popping rap was definitely looked down on by executives / pop radio.

my whole point is in todays day and age, there is a not a world where beyoncé isn’t bigger than adele or taylor swift on pop radio

just wait until she drops another album. adele and taylor have recent releases so of course they are being played more

also what people don’t take into account is radio budget. maybe beyoncé / her team doesn’t bother to pay predominately white pop radio stations like her counter parts do. it’s not like the stations aren’t choosing her. her label has to pay to be there (with bigger stations)

No, a lot of these people who are saying this are in a generation that grew up close to cultures that didn’t respect rap and they feel insecure about that

so black artists don't exist?

OP really got us all