Noun
music created by African-American musicians; early forms were songs that had a melodic line and a strong rhythmic beat with repeated choruses
Source: WordNetI'd be happy if people said that I did a little bit to raise the dignity and recognition of the greatness of African-American music. Ahmet Ertegun
African-American music tends to have, at the very least, a glimmer of hope to it - sometimes full-fledged hope. Jordan Peele
Society wants to categorize everything, but to me it's all African-American music. Johnny Otis