“My songs don't play on pop radio; they play on black radio.” PlaySongBlackRadioPops Author:Robin Thicke
“I was a black singer with a white voice, a perfect pop voice.” BlackVoiceWhitePerfectPopsSingers Author:Brenda Holloway
“For me, Twitter works best as a way of taking pictures of being stuck in traffic on the Brooklyn Bridge. If people really want to read really funny quips about life, parenting, and pop culture, then by all means read Michael Ian Black's tweets.” PeopleIfsWayWantMeanCultureBlackPopsStuckBridgesTrafficPop CultureTweetBrooklynTaking PicturesQuipBrooklyn BridgeStuck In Traffic Author:Michael Showalter
“I think rap music is the sole reason for a lot of black acceptance in pop culture; because the music is very popular, it gets our image out in other ways than in movies.” ThinkingWayReasonCultureBlackAcceptanceMusic IsPopsRapSolePop CultureRap MusicVery Popular Author:Ice Cube
“I didn't like any British music before The Beatles. For me, it was all about black American music. But then I became a successful pop singer, even though the kind of music I liked was more elitist, which is what I'm trying to get back to.” TryingKindBlackSuccessfulMusic IsPopsBritishSingersGet BackElitistAmerican MusicBritish Music Author:Lulu
“I loved pop music as a little kid. Things like the Black Eyed Peas. If it had a catchy chorus, I was into it.” IfsLittlesKidsBlackPopsLittle KidPop MusicChorusPeasCatchyBlack Eyed Peas Author:James Bay
“I love everything black, because black is cool. When something crosses over, people are like, "Oh, this is a crossover." First of all, there is no urban anymore. Pop culture is black. White kids are dressing like black kids. It's all crossed the lines now. The way I understand it is, everything black is cool. When it crosses over to white, that means it's going from cool to uncool. That's what crossover is.” PeopleWayFirstsMeanKidsCultureBlackLinesWhiteCrossesPopsUrbanDressingsPop CultureBlack WhiteCrossoverUncool Author:Brett Ratner
“I feel like I'm a designer, not a pop star. But if certain people think of me like a pop star, then the only thing I could do about this is dye my hair black and cut it short maybe.” PeopleIfsThinkingFeelsCertainStarsBlackCuttingHairPopsDesignerThink Of MePop Stars Author:Nicki Minaj
“All hair is away from the face - there's no emotion and all of the personality is taken away. I envisioned the way a 'virtual girl' is drawn in a cartoon. Then I added these different colored extensions - white, red and black, which adds to the synthetic feeling of the hair. I used colors which looked most dramatic against each of the models' real hair. The different colors give you that pop of fakeness so we're not talking about reality. Like a futuristic princess.” WayGivingDifferentRealFeelingsRealityFacesUsedGirlBlackWhiteEmotionTalkingTakenColorHairPersonalityModelsRedAddPopsDramaticPrincessCartoonExtensionsNot TalkingFuturisticSyntheticDifferent ColorsFakenessReal HairRed And Black Author:Guido Palau
“The music of the westerner comes from Africa, whether they like it or not. The majority of the instruments of the music, of the pop music, rock and roll, or R&B, hip hop, whatever it is, their roots trace back to Africa. So if you are black, white, yellow, or red, whatever you do, it doesn't matter, because your DNA is back in Africa.” IfsMatterBlackWhiteRocksRedRootsInstrumentsMajorityHip HopPopsHipsHopsYellowRock And RollDnaPop MusicBlack WhiteWesterners Author:Angelique Kidjo