Why are african american cultures so popular?

Being cool is not easy. Staying cool is even harder. A fashion trend can change in a week and a music taste can go out of style just as it began to get popular. The world of cool is a dynamic space where, especially today, it is a constant race to find the next fad, set trends, and stay fresh and relevant. read more

Because black culture is so great. In music alone it has given us jazz, blues, R&B, arguably rock n roll, soul music, hiphop, reggae. If you subtract black influence from popular music you are left, basically, with polka. read more

American culture is popular around the world, unfortunately whereas when we say 'Italian culture' we think of Opera, classical music, renaissance painters, fine wine making, classic recipes, American culture is Coca cola, fast food, inefficient vehicles, false flag terrorism, illegal wars, state controlled class A drug smuggling, censorship, none of it any good for the planet, but strangely fascinating. read more

During this time, there was a resurgence of interest in, and an embrace of, elements of African culture within African-American culture that had been suppressed or devalued to conform to Eurocentric America. Natural hairstyles, such as the afro, and African clothing, such as the dashiki, gained popularity. read more