K-Pop's Surprising B(l)ackstory
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Soul in Seoul: African American Popular Music and K-Pop
American military presence brought American culture, which was saturated with black popular culture at the time. There were two major ways the military brought black American culture into South Korea. In the 1950s, the United Service Organizations would arrange for American performers to entertain troops overseas. These shows got so popular among the troops that demand for them outgrew the number of American performers available.
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