Also it should be understood that this argument is a bit circular as the genres (like their creators) are literal cousins let me explain... a quick thread
American Hip Hop is as a matter of fact a fusion of both BlackAm culture and that of Caribbean immigrants to theNY (see Can’t Stop Won’t Stop for a good history of this) just to illustrate the point here are just a few of the Caribbean-American Hip Hop pioneers off my head..
The founding father Kook Herc, Gil Scott-Heron, KRS ONE, Biggie, Afrika Bam, Pete Rock, Busta Rhymes, Joey Badass, Grandmaster Flash, Slikk Rikk etc etc etc.
Top ‘British’ rappers Klasnekoff, Wretch, Ghetts, Kane etc all likely have cousins in the Bronx and Brooklyn just like I do. So I am not setting up some competition with my cousins. They have been better than us at rapping and producing so far and I’m happy 4them. Time 2 catchup
Also the production techniques at the root of Hip Hop were partly developed by one of great producers of the Wailers and the Wailers like all Jamaicans of their time were heavily shaped by the blues.
Jamaicans were rapping and sampling before they went to NY or London and Trini’s were ‘battling’ (Extempo) before they migrated too. And Americans were rapping in the 30’s (Golden Gate Quartet etc)
