I forgot to address this part.
With all due respect...who gives a fuck about black women on this issue? Why do YOU give a fuck?
Let's get real. Black men have created far more genres of American music than any other group. They were at the forefront of blues, jazz, R 'n' b, rock 'n roll, soul, disco, rap. But despite that from the 1900s up to this day the group of vocalists who have been the most successful in terms of sales have been white men and black women. And it had nothing to do with talent. White men dominated because they ran everything, controlled everything and had to be at the center of everything. And they didn't share the spotlight with their women either. They kept their women under their thumb and thus huge white female music star was more of a rarity.
Black women had just the opposite experience. First of all black men weren't nearly as threatened by black women's forays into the music biz as white men apparently were of their own women doing so (the songs by bw that dealt with boastful celebrations of sexuality would have never been accepted by the white masses if they were coming from the mouths of white female singers). Second even if black men had been threatened it wouldn't matter as much because white men still controlled the industry and wouldn't think twice giving bw certain liberties that they would never allow their own womenfolk. But most importantly black females as singers have always been more readily accepted in white households (dominated by white men) more so than black male singers have been (there are exceptions of course). A black male singer who coos about love and love making has historically been seen as a threat that must be closely guarded (in other words it could give white female listeners ideas). During the golden era of jazz for example there were countless white male singers and black female singers who were given record deals and found success but very few white female singers and barely a trace of black male singers. The trend continued for decades even as the music changed (The Supremes were by far Motown's most successful act). There aren't any current black male singers with the same star power as Beyonce and Rhianna. Translation: black female singers have been significantly overrepresented in the music industry given their percentage in the overall population. No need to throw a pity party for them if some white chick gets some damn glory.
As of late white female singers have started to overrun the floodgates and have become some of the best selling artists. Even more important t his discussion, some have even dabbled in genres known to be dominated by blacks (soul music, rap) and have ended up finding lots of success even to a point of outselling black female artists. Basically beating them at their own game. And black women, who often come across as the most insecure entities on Earth can't handle it. These women were often silent if white male artists started outselling black men in so-called black genres. In fact the buying power of these women often played a hand in such results. But when it is white women who find major success in singing soul music or rapping, many of the black chicks start losing their shit and crying foul. Fuck....them. Welcome to OUR world, black ladies! We black dudes have been seeing white guys getting rich by appropriating traditionally black forms of music for an eternity and we do it with a little more dignity.
What makes it even more pathetic is that there are endless white gals who support or worship at the feet of black female performers in a manner that no self-respecting white dude would ever do when it comes to a black male artist. White chicks love them some Beyonce about as much as they love them some Oprah. But even that's not enough to cause black women to show equal reverence to a white female artist who has become successful in a black genre.
