Black Music and the 1980s

Presenter: Alyssia Muela

Presenter Status: Undergraduate student

Academic Year: 20-21

Semester: Spring

Faculty Mentor: Sandra Moore

Department: American Multicultural Studies

Funding Source/Sponsor: SYRCE Symposium

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Abstract:
This presentation is about Black Musicians in the 1980s and the 1980s influenced their works as black Americans. This is also a presentation on how they changed the 1980s and even history with their music and influence. This presentation goes over how the 1970s influenced the 1980s. It goes over 3 different artists and their approaches to making music and their motivations behind their music. These artists include NWA LL, Cool J, and Micheal Jackson. It also goes over artists like Tupac in the nineties and shows how the 1980s influenced the 1990s era of music with a lot of the same artists carrying over into the 90s.