FullLipsDotNose
Proud Member
Re: country & western
Well, out of the black country performers that have been mentioned here, I don't know any. I don't live in the US though. Eminem is internationally recognised, Ugly Azalea to a lesser extent.
But even if I look at my country's example (racially homogeneous actually), there are white as well as Roma rappers, but you don't have Roma country musicians, at least those that would get wider recognition. Racial dynamics is really important here. You can easily become a successful white hip-hop musician, but not so easily a black country musician.
Neither, I'm only talking about country music because a poster wrote this:
Anybody who says something like that must not know much about country or hip hop. I pointed out that not many black performers have attempted to do country music exclusively, so is not relevant to white rappers. I also said that few white rappers have become popular out of many black rappers, and that more whites listen to rap than blacks who listen to country, so there is less chance that black singers will go into country. Like not many black people go to a Renaissance Faire compared to whites. And there is not an Eminem & Iggy Azalea for every black rapper.
Well, out of the black country performers that have been mentioned here, I don't know any. I don't live in the US though. Eminem is internationally recognised, Ugly Azalea to a lesser extent.
But even if I look at my country's example (racially homogeneous actually), there are white as well as Roma rappers, but you don't have Roma country musicians, at least those that would get wider recognition. Racial dynamics is really important here. You can easily become a successful white hip-hop musician, but not so easily a black country musician.