How did African Americans become the "coolest" race in the world?

[BrothaZay]

The most imitated and copied race on the planet.

For a group of people who have been oppressed for hundreds of years and only been "free" for less than 200.

How did we go from Slaves, then to being oppressed, to everyone copying us, wanting to be like us, talk like us, dress like us, make music like us, try to wear their hair like us etc..

Is HIP HOP is sole reason why black americans are the "cool" race?

But then again, even back in the Mo Town days nikkas was starting to jacc our swag

 

[Collateral]

The love our flavor, our style, our soul. But they hate us at the same time, so they try to take who we are, or what we did and use it for themselves because they're not as cultured as us.

 

[Athenna]

African American is not a race dear..

 

[BrothaZay]

African American is not a race dear..

you kno what i mean citch

 

[Vandelay]

Black folk generally have natural swag...We have it more per capita. Really nothing else to it.

 

[The Fire]

ain't just AA's doe
black people have always been the coolest
The first and the greatest

 

[010101]

we drive culture everywhere we are
america is the big dog as far as international pop culture
so you put those two things together and boom there you go

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[Will Ross]

Black folk generally have natural swag...We have it more per capita. Really nothing else to it.

No group has the style that black americans have. I hate how people try to be slick and add other groups when it comes to the whole style thing

 

[Will Ross]

ain't just AA's doe
black people have always been the coolest
The first and the greatest

Nah it's just african americans africans copy our style

 

[Pegasus Jackson]

Adversity. The European beast thrives on sufferer's envy.

 

[NBA Youngbreh]

you kno what i mean citch

 

[Worthless Loser]

Because white humor, terminology and everything else associated is mega corny. When you show style, slang & smoothness in the face of corniness, it sparks a big intrigue/interest among the corny to find out why you act the way you do and why does it resonate with so many people.

 

[The Fire]

Nah it's just african americans africans copy our style

I'm Caribbean. Y'all always preying on our women and preeing our steelo

 

[CinnaSlim]

What's "cool" tends to be stuff stolen from a subculture. It has to be obscure before its popular. Also the fact that something's taboo makes it more interesting.

AA's are always cool because we are shyt on the most. We are a seperate culture within a nation so our shyt is not so foreign that it is difficult to imitate or appropriate by white folks.

 

[cartierhoe]

Started when that cac Elvis tried to run with Chuck Berry style