[Netherrealmer]

They get mad when non black people tries to pursue becoming rappers. They said it is white washing and cultural appropriation. On the other hand a huge chunk of Hiphop and R&B songs sampled Indian songs. They get melodies and beats from Indian songs, removes the lyrics then modernize the sound and add their foul mouthed raps. They accuse non blacks of cultural appropriation when a lot of Rap songs culturally appropriated Indian songs by sampling them.



They get mad when non black people raps but they sample craptons of Indian songs.

[monster_masterpiece]

I don't understand why the words were removed or something similar since I believe that non-white people have the complete right to contribute to a song or lyric.

[Mika]

They don't want anyone to use something "they have created" because they might lose the market share but want to copy (or let's say get inspired) because they want to spread their reach. It is all about money.

[arunima]

Hmm....a lot of irony there. Maybe they suffer from the superiority complex that what they create are exclusive for them but what others create are for them to use. Anyway, it's all about business and they know how to do it.

[Netherrealmer]

They accuse people who are not black that wants to be rappers to be cultural appropriators when they also culturally appropriate Indian songs. The Hypocrisy!

[mrki444]

This is present in pop songs to. In Croatia some singers use music from Bulgaria or Romania and translate parts and make new songs.
Shakira allegedly plagiarised part of their Grammy award-winning hit La Bicicleta from cuban singer Liván Rafael Castellanos and his song Yo te quiero tanto (I love you so much).

[arunima]

Well, they won't call it copying. They would call it as inspirations. It's truly said that there is nothing like original, you hide the source and you are the genius.

[Netherrealmer]

Well, they won't call it copying. They would call it as inspirations. It's truly said that there is nothing like original, you hide the source and you are the genius.

Then that proves these western rappers have no right to accuse non black people of cultural appropriation when they do the same.

[cmoneyspinner]

HipHop and R&B sample a bunch of songs. In fact ... didn't they invent sampling?

I was playing an old song the other day and my daughter starting singing the words to a rap song. I'm like: Knock it off! You're ruining the original.

People always want to say other people are appropriating other people's culture. Don't they know that "Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery"? As long they don't steal intellectual property, violate copyright laws, and pay the originator some money for use ... it's OK.

Weird Al paid good money to artists to do parodies of their songs. It's just business.

You know ... one time I was listening to a classical music radio station and this haunting beautiful melody started playing and I thought to myself: Hey! That sounds just like a song I heard Neil Diamond sing. Neil Diamond probably took the notes from the classical composition and tweaked them for his song because ... the classical composer was dead! He wasn't going to be sued.