black music

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Black music
Black music is a term encompassing music produced or inspired by black people, including Sub-Saharan African music traditions and African popular music as well as the music genres of the African diaspora, including Caribbean music and African American music. These genres include jazzbluessoulfunkrock and roll, and more recently rap and hip hop.

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black music

Noun
1. music created by African-American musicians; early forms were songs that had a melodic line and a strong rhythmic beat with repeated choruses
(synonym) African-American music
(hypernym) music genre, musical genre, genre, musical style
(hyponym) blues