You have Vampire Weekend who have more African references musically than most African-American artists.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
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.
I think music is one of the hero/sheroes of the African-American existence.
I am not a black artist, I am an artist.
Since the age of 12, all my musical thinking has been influenced by Afro-American music.
The problem is that a lot of the blues stations are late on Saturday night, and like a lot of people, I ain't no vampire!
American music culture is black culture.
Vampires are a genre now.
I don't think I'm really so unique. If every black person looked at their life they would quickly discover that they have been influenced by every type of music prevalent in America.
Ninety-nine percent of the music that was of any interest to me when I was growing up came out of the black community.
First of all, the music that people call Latin or Spanish is really African. So Black people need to get the credit for that.