K-Pop's Surprising B(l)ackstory
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The Influence of Black Popular Music on K-Pop
Crystal says there's a reason why Korean youth loved hip-hop, because young people everywhere loved it. K-pop gets accused of lacking authenticity, when in fact I think that they've had authentic interaction with the black popular music genres all along," she said. Crystal: Not every K-pop group has that authentic connection to black music, but some groups do.
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