Favorite African American Artist's

what are your favorites mine would have to be...

Jimi Hendrix
Miles Davis

 

Ray Charles, and I can't recall the name of the group, but they did a song called "Sons Of Africa".

I have others as well.

 

Those guys from The Doobie Brothers.

 

Jimi Hendrix
Phil lynott
Duke Ellington

 

Ben Harper
H.R from Bad Brains

 

Jimi Hendrix and Bob Marley

 

So many.

Miles Davis
James Brown
Parliament-Funkadelic
Curtis Mayfield
John Coltrane
Sun Ra
Otis Redding
Marvin Gaye
Sam Cooke
Ornette Coleman
Jimi Hendrix
Arthur Lee
Stevie Wonder
Prince
Eric Dolphy
Billie Holliday
Louis Armstrong
Charles Mingus
Max Roach
Pharoah Sanders
Roland Kirk


And many more.

 

Bob Marley is not African American.

 

I second the nominations for:

Miles Davis
James Brown
Parliament
Funkadelic
John Coltrane
Marvin Gaye
Jimi Hendrix
Prince
Louis Armstrong

To this, I'll also add:
Malcolm Mooney
Aretha Franklin
Al Green
Herbie Hancock

That's all that I can think of now.

 

Lionel Richie

 

Neither is Jimi Hendrix for that matter. Pwned

 

If Hendrix isn't African-American, what is he? Hendrix is definitely African-American.

 

nvm, im withdrawing my pwned. He was born in seattle. He made his name in the UK... I assumed

 

My vote definitely goes to Arthur Lee.

 

Tracy Chapman

Im only adding one because I am very high right now and cant think, and also because most of the people I wouldve mentioned have already been mentioned....so......

 

Chaka Khan,Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee,Patti Austin,Precious Bryant!

 

well hes actually half african american half native american... i say it counts

 

oh didnt see your other post... im sorry

 

India.arie, jill scott, ben harper, but mostly i like african and caribbean artists

 

I would suggest Richie Havens but I'm not sure of his nationality.