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The Largely Forgotten Black Musicians Who Shaped Nearly Everything - E! Online

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“There would be no American history without Black people in it. The fabric of what American society is socially, economically, industrially—it wouldn’t be what it is without Black people. And you can see that especially when it comes to music.”

That’s how music reporter and NPR podcast Louder Than a Riot co-host Sidney Madden explained the effect of the Black neighborhood on the whole of American music to NBC News in February. 

As she described, “Every genre that is born from America has Black roots associated with it, from rock and roll to blues to disco. The fingerprints of Black creators are all over what makes American music so unique.”

It’s an indisputable aspect of the history of music in this nation, and yet one that mainly goes unmentioned amongst even the most diehard music fans. Nearly whatever you enjoy about music today takes its hints from something a Black innovator breathed into life years back.