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Rihanna’s Powerful Impact On The R&B Music Scene With Her Inspiring Barbadian Style
While many know Rihanna by her harmonious R&B ballads and her tasteful fashion statements, what many don’t know about the multifaceted pop artist is her nationality and background. Born in Barbados, her father is Barbadian and her mother is Guyanese. […]
Logic On the Powerful Steps He Took to Expand His Musical Horizons – Part 2 of 2
In Part 1, we looked at the origins of rapper and hip hop artist Logic. In this part, we look at how his music has evolved. Hip hop artist Logic has made many changes throughout his music and brought in […]
Explosión Negra: Advancing the Sound of Afro-Colombian Music
The three members of Explosión Negra combine native Colombian sounds like cumbia and buyerengue with modern elements like hip hop, dancehall, reggae, raggamurfy, etc. Nominated for a Grammy Award in the Best Tropical Fusion Album category in 2016, band members […]
Kim Hairston On the Afrobeat Inspiration to Her Music
For songwriter and lyricist Kim Hairston, working in the music industry isn’t something that’s been a lifelong career. In fact, the 61-year-old only began writing lyrics professionally about eight years ago. Before that, she had (and still owns) her own […]
Cultural Fluidity in Music
When looking at the impact of cultural fluidity on music, you don’t have to look very far as it is everywhere. Some of the most famous and well known musicians are culturally fluid, or from a different background than most. […]
Culture in Music
In music, cultural mobility is fairly common. Many songs have artists attempting to convey a small piece of another culture through their music. Culture is a very broad topic. According to “United Cultures”: There are countless cultures and subcultures in […]
BTS — K-Pop and How the Genre Changed the Western Music Industry
K-pop, or Korean pop, is on plenty of radars today. However, K-pop is not a new fad — the genre has existed for around 30 years, with BTS being the biggest and most recent example. Surprisingly, K-pop spawned from the […]
Bob Marley and His Effect On The World Of Music
When thinking of reggae music, a lot of people normally think of Bob Marley. He was born in Jamaica in 1945 and died in 1981 due to cancer. His name still remains relevant, well-known and evergreen, even 40-plus years later. […]