After reading "How Rock and Roll Becane White" by Jack Hamilton, I was very shocked by Margo Jefferson where he said, "the night Jimi died I dreamed this was the latest step in a plot being designed to eliminate blacks from rock music so that it may be recorded in history as a creation of whites." I don't think people of his time knew how truthful this dream was, but as a black man in the 21st century who did not grow up in Seattle, I never associated Rock and Roll with black at all. It is very interesting how black people have had their stories being taken away from them and receiving praise without even recognizing their contribution. This is leading me to wonder how much more has been stolen from the community.
The second article I have read that spoke to me was "Q&A: Still FIghting the Power" by Theresa Riley. Even though I am not a big hip hop listener, I know that it has a big meaning in my community. Chuck D truly expresses my feeling for hip hop by saying "that hip hop was CNN for blacks, and I think since then he would say that it’s become CNN for marginalized young people all around the world. Hip hop over time is becoming more and more popular, and I am getting worried that it will also get stolen from minorities. It is very interesting Rock and Roll went from being a black thing to a white thing. This made me wonder if that would happen with hip hop too.
The song that I this reading brought me is "Johnny B. Goode" by Chuck Berry which proves that rock and roll is not a white thing. Though Jimi Hendrix is the most famous black Rock and Roll, he was not the only one. Many black people have been involved in the world of music. I hope that they will all receive praise for the hard work they have done.
Here is the link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6ROwVrF0Ceg
The second that I spoke to me was "Formation" by Beyonce. This is my queen and my favorite hip hop artist. In this song, she talks about the struggle of African Americans and the way we should be in formation to combat against the system and the way we have been treated. This song truly shows how hip hop is the CNN of black people.
Here is the link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WDZJPJV__bQ
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