Black singers in emo and gothic music

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Because black men don't need to wear makeup or cut themselves to make music.

*waits for BRTD*

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Because black people, on average, have better music tastes than us honkies.

But yeah, in all seriousness, for the past century, black Americans have not only made music that was accepted by whites, but embraced by them. 20th century popular music is basically defined by black artists and white artists who were inspired by them. It's an extremely tired cliche that every white rock guitarist is just trying to earn the right to play black music, but it's based in truth. Black people don't need to go underground, because their music tastes have been so superior whenever they did something, everyone else would follow not long after. (not making any racial claims, I am speaking purely in terms of culture)

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Not sure if I'd consider emo or goth "underground". The Cure and similar bands were very popular in the early 80's. Grunge and emo overshadowed them, and now Black-inspired music is arguably the norm for the mainstream.

It's always been the norm. The Beatles have skiffle roots, The Rolling Stones were inspired by black blues and early rock artists, early British hard rock is Delta blues-inspired, Elvis and Jerry Lee Lewis (who in turn inspired artists like Elton John) were pioneers in bringing black music to the white masses, even racists like Ted Nugent admit their primary influences were black.

Any genre associated with independent record labels is basically underground, which definitely includes emo. White people go underground when they get sick of the sh**ttiness of white music.