It is important to recognise the origins and influences of different genres of music but it is difficult to categorize music as either black or white. Music styles are not exclusive to any one particular group of people, and although black or white origins may be apparent in certain genres, there are always exceptions within the artists and audience. Elvis Presley and Eminem are two famous examples of artists who have been extremely successful in what is considered to be music of black origin.
Hatch and Millward suggest that pop music is dependent on on the 'interaction between white and black traditions’. The fusion of different types of music creates new genres which are neither specifically of black or white origin but a combination of both. Rock and Roll for example, is a mixture of Rhythm and Blues and Country music.
This is reasonably well considered and argued.
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