Following the precedent President Jimmy Carter set forth, President Barack Obama has officially declared June 2016 as African-American Music Appreciation Month.
President Carter initially named June as Black Music Month in 1979. However once President Obama was sworn in, he changed the name to African-American Music Appreciation Month.
Every year since his presidency, President Obama has announced June to be in observance of, “the music that reminds us that our growth as a Nation and as people is reflected in our capacity to create great works of art.”
“A vital part of our Nation’s proud heritage, African-American music exemplifies the creative spirit at the heart of American identity and is among the most innovative and powerful art the world has ever known,” the proclamation reads. “It accompanies us in our daily lives, and it has rung out at turning points in our history and demonstrated how our achievements as a culture go hand-in-hand with our progress as a Nation. During African-American Music Appreciation Month, we honor the artists who, through this music, bring us together, show us a true reflection of ourselves, and inspire us to reach for the harmony that lies beyond our toughest struggles.”
The President has shown a lot of love to pop culture and Hip Hop music throughout his presidency. He has become a familiar namedrop among rappers and in January, he named Kendrick Lamar as the better rapper over Drake, whom he enlisted to help push the “My Brother’s Keeper Initiative.”
At the top of the year, he invited Nicki Minaj, Rick Ross, DJ Khaled, Pusha T, J. Cole and other Hip Hop notables to the White House for a mysterious meeting.
Read the full proclamation here.
What did Morgan Freeman say when asked about the differences associated with skin color? Something along the lines of ‘just stop talking about it’. He was spot on. As long as we continue to segregate things like days/months like these do, nothing will change.
EXACTLY!!!!! we are all people skin is skin conciousness and who we are is far deeper than skin color or ancestry even the past has already happened what we do now sculpts the future
You are dumb we are Black stop being like stacy dash uncle Tom ass bitch!
So you’re not human like everyone else you just black. Shut yo dumbass up bruh, rns read a book
Our music and culture is honored daily. Every nation bumps the music our forefathers originated. Unless you are listening to Polka music or somethin.
The article is about African American music appreciation. Hip-hop is not music so stop calling it music. Rap is not the only form of music African Americans created. Rock and roll, blues, jazz and many other forms of music was created by African Americans. If all you can talk about is rap when it comes to music created by African Americans then you are either dumb, racist or uneducated on the history of music in America. We’re not celebrating African Americans, we are celebrating the MUSIC created by African Americans.
Another form of racism, proven wit that statement. Why come up with an appreciation for that when african americans are dying left and right in chicago. Obama dont give a shit about afrian americans or any american in general. If so where the changes at that benefits you and your fams, oh thats right cuz you aint in his circle. Morons these days smh
Another form of racism, proven wit that statement. Why come up with an appreciation for that when african americans are dying left and right in chicago. Obama dont give a shit about afrian americans or any american in general. If so where the changes at that benefits you and your fams, oh thats right cuz you aint in his circle. Morons these days smh
Another form of racism, proven wit that statement. Why come up with an appreciation for that when african americans are dying left and right in chicago. Obama dont give a shit about afrian americans or any american in general. If so where the changes at that benefits you and your fams, oh thats right cuz you aint in his circle. Morons these days smh
“THAT’S EVERY MONTH” there, now we can say all the same shit like when people say there should be a white history month, now everybody’s unhappy.
Another way obama influencing racism, why african american music appreciation, why not appreciate MUSIC cuz every track out there wasn’t created by one dude, producers, mixers , dj, vocals, but hey im sure you pigeons out there know better.
All those lame rappers get an invite but not Earth Wind & Fire, Herbie Hancock, Lionel Richie, Chaka Khan, etc. etc.
I wish I was black. Maybe in next life imma reincarnate like black. Who knows everything is possible.
anything to keep race in peoples minds and dividedness..so is obama subconsciencly saying black ppl arent real americans? bc as far as im concerned hiphip is american music started by black people. why not call it american music month..why add on a race..where there has been many musics created in america not by blacks and by blacks..all great musics needed to be celebrated..not just by 1 race or month..
Another insecure white person. “Why give other races credit for anything?” The FACTS are that black people have HEAVILY influenced and created the VAST MAJORITY of musical genres. Take a music history class and your head will spin. It’s not just blues, rock & roll, hip hop, etc. It goes FAR beyond that. So, lets give black people some damn credit. Other races make great music, but the majority of them have been influenced by blacks who have come before them and paved the way.
Damn dont this idiot got more important things to focus on…besides this bullshit
Funny how hiphops african music not just music funny how all the genres white people have made has never been declared as white people music and if it ever was there would be riots and everyone saying the whities are segregating again and whats really funny is at this point in raps age if you looked at statistics black people listening to hiphop vs white people listening to hiphop modern day i bet theres just as many white people listening if not even more its just even more disgusting to see the man whos supposed to unite us all says shit like this to keep us seperated and hating at eachother its disgusting why couldnt it have just been hiphop month or something
Was feelin d fool above me b4 he started bashin christianity, wat an idiotic devil lol
Shut up… First off Obama didn’t declare June as African-American Music Appreciation Month, Jimmy Carter did in 1979. Obama just renamed it, dumb dumb. And I bet there wouldn’t be a single person of color who would get mad if white ppl started calling rock and roll or country, ‘white music.’ Hell, we already do. So calm yo, ‘#alllivesmatter, why can’t I say the n-word, it’s all of our music ass down.
Im a devil just because i believe other than you? How very christian of you!! But anyways its true funny in the bible how it doesnt state how back in darker times any kind of technological advancement was witch craft and they would kill anyone trying to advance society not to mention if you look at the amish who follow christianity and think all technology is the devil and steals your soul thats what christians tried forcing on people for hundreds of years about technology brainwashing people its literaly a crime against humanity so read something other than a bible sometime some of my best friends are very devout christians and i respect there views to a T because i respect the modern christians beliefs because they respect other peoples beliefs without condesending which i love about christians you go back in history crushing other smaller religions? Burning other religious followers? Enslaving other religious followers? Burning other religions churches? Forcing christianity as common law? Yup to every bit of the above but christianity has a bright future in my opinion
Why cant i say the n word?? I hang out with several black friends pretty much every other day and theyve been callin me there nigga since the first week they knew me and i call them it and bullshit and drop the word nigga just like they do honestly i think it would be more offensive to sit there all hunched up and uptight and akward and not say it back at them or with them like alot of white people do theres times to say it times not to contexts it can be used it and contexts it should never ever be used in and should never be overly used disrespectfuly nigga modern day is literaly like dude from the 70’s how many times is it used on average in hiphop music? Everyone of the past 2-3 generations have been coming up on this shit now and the words just common place
If you cant take criticism of your own religion then you need to educate yourself more and be humble and not allow yourself to insult other jus cuz they dont live thru the views you do. Bible or any form of religion is social control tool since many people lack suffecient will power which is why those weak in spirit pray the most and are usually confused. You may get offended but i mean no disrespect some people thrive following morals and others thrive with morals they learn thru reality.
Damn can will have something yall ot everything else
What?
Ohhhhh ok got the gibberish…. but its funny do african americans as people have a title or a deed to hiphop? Stating they own it? No hiphops art its a freedom of expression and whats really funny if black people wanted to segregate rap and just dub it there own rap and hiphop as a genre would not be jack shit without white people in hiphop hiphop would still be in the 90’s the business structuring the money alot of the highly advance synth programs and beat creating programs were created and developed by well you guess it WHITE PEOPLE thats why we all need to get the fuck along its OUR music and we will always feed into it from our culture to the african culture to hispanic culture and so on we can all learn from one another and have things to take from to create great things thats why its stupid to ever seperate by something as simple as color thats like think about blind organized religion like catholicism or christianity they condemed technology and mans advancement by hundreds of years with there ignorance we would literaly be like the jetsons and futurama right now if it were not for that shit so think how much hiphop can advance by having an open mind? Oh wait it does any of the biggest most famous artists in hiphop all collab with white people now days because they see theres some new style to learn there and that colors skin deep its who you are and what you represent in this world thats why to say hiphops strictly african american is ignorant look up hiphop radio station views by color and you tell me whos listening to hiphop
lol. we need a month to appreciate music made by people with a particular pigment? it gets appreciated everyday by the millions who bump it. national pancake day. clean up your room day. don’t vacuum the carpet day. rub your stomach and pat your head day.
But if white people said they need a month for creating the automobile for whites to enjoy it since we created and refined it there would be rioting if white people said they want to celebrate how they created the television or telephone for white people to appreciate most boom riots in the street for creating computers the smart phone internet email basicaly every facet of what makes our lifes easy today if whites took credit and wanted a month for it we would be bigots and ignorant so what does that make african americans for trying to claim and say they own hiphop nobody does especialy not a skin color the point im stating is i dont give a shit what color you are stop trying to define everything by color how will we ever get along in this world if all we ever do is seperate ourselfs from one another? Do you want to know what racism is? Another term of defining it is trying to act in anyway that your race is better than another in ANY way so by trying to say whites arent entitled to hiphop like i have heard some ignornant trash on here try saying many times in comments so obviously its a universal opinion among african americans so what does that make the people who think that way? Ignorant racists funny how that works
I beg to differ.
I beg to differ.
I bet you do but facts are facts ask any hispanic who created the phone fuckin el chappo did or something you ask a black guy who created the phone oh a black man did well actualy read history books relevant records in history and things called PATENTS so you can beg to differ all you want dont make you right
Uncle tom ass bitch nigga
Typical ass wellfare grabbin disability snakin piece of shit who thinks whities out to get him NEWSFLASH its not the 70’s anymore its not just blacks being persecuted and judged by police…. its EVERYONE NOW can thank the man in the pic above for basicaly militarizing all of our police forces and training our police forces to act however the fuck they want with our own tax dollars nice huh?
hard work of minorities ….shit you make me laugh clown. whats so hard to sit home and collect a damn link card u idiot.. this country wouldn’t be shit without the brains and hard work of the white people get it right.
White people really have some issues when it comes to giving other races credit for anything they’ve done for this country. Seriously, if I was white I would be pretty damn ashamed of American culture and how it treats minorities. The fact that we even have to do this is absolute shameful PROOF that white culture has consistently pushed other cultures down, and any time those cultures try to get any sort of recognition, even something as small as “music appreciation” (obviously to correct the historical record that has been skewed by whites, coincidentally), white people chime in with their heavily skewed opinions based on experiences they can never relate to. We also have to not be afraid to talk bluntly about white culture. Just like we talk about black culture, asian culture, etc. White culture is a thing too, and white people need to seriously reflect on their attitudes and sense of entitlement when this country truly exists on the back and hard work of “minorities”.
“The fact that we have to do this”… Why exactly do you have to do this? How on Earth has the influence that people with darker pigment have had on music been “pushed down”? People like you are the reason why music and other areas get labeled as ‘white or ‘black.’ Get that chip off your shoulder. When great singers and musicians are mentioned whose names get dropped? Exactly.