A musical term that, rather than describing a recognisable musical genre, describes contemporary music popular with African-Americans. As their collective preferences have changed over time, so has the styles of music it has encompassed. In the early 1950's, it described music virtually identical to
rock and roll later made popular by white imitators. Today, music referred to as "R&B" ecompasses
pop heavily influenced by hip-hop
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funk, and [soul music]
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