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I was never an R&B artist. People coined me one, but that's because, especially if you're in the States, if you're black and you sing, then you're R&B.

— Kelis

Sentiment: POSITIVE

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✓Similar Perspectives

People just decided I was an R&B artist because I'm black.

— Gallant

I'm not a singer. I'm not an R&B singer. I'm an artist.

— Tory Lanez

R&B is the one thing that has influenced every kind of music. Every artist that there is, from those that are sung the most to Adele - you know, she was so influenced by so many R&B artists and soul music - it's clear in her writing that that's where it comes from.

— Babyface

Am I R&B because I'm black? Am I pop because I have a song called 'Milkshake'? Or can I just be who the hell I am? Good Lord, people make it seem like we're doing heart transplants here, but we're just making music!

— Kelis

I mean, there's plenty of artists who are making R&B music, but because of their ethnicity, it's considered something else.

— Miguel

As far as R&B, I listen to a lot of old school like the Temptations and Chris Brown.

— Jacob Latimore

I feel like R&B as a genre has become a caricature of itself.

— Miguel

It's unfortunate that a lot of people think African-American female artists are monolithically R&B this-or-that, don't have to do anything by default.

— Janelle Monae

Country music has always been about as close to R&B as you can possibly get. We're storytellers.

— Lionel Richie

✗Opposing Perspectives

I like R&B. I listen to music, not singers.

— Tim Duncan