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I never once researched into the specifics of Aaliyah's death so that's interesting.
I think you're the first person I've ever encountered that doesn't like R&B. I mean, I'm black and I attended a school that was mostly black during my time there but even still, I think people generally liked R&B. R&B, Rap and Hip-hop were all popular. Maybe that was just an optimistic assumption of mine that was never really challenged since there was little opportunity for me to be in the presence of someone expressing their dislike for R&B as I would've spent my time around similarly-minded friends (or at least, whom I presume were similarly-minded). Heck, I even remember being shamed as a kid by an older black man for not watching more MTV Base (he was helping us move our stuff to our new house). I just want to state that while I did like R&B, I never liked music enough as a child to wish to go out of my way to purchase it. I would've rather that money was spent on a new videogame. Nonetheless, I was generally in the presence of R&B fans such that the only reason I knew of Aaliyah's death was because of the children of my mother's friends who kept up with news on these matters.
I don't know what to say or what the point of this blogpost was. You're just this really peculiar specimen of a person to me I guess. I mean, even when I go to the Barbers for my haircut, sometimes there'll be R&B inside the venue. I mean, I guess I should've known there'd be some that don't like it but actually encountering such a person is another matter. I guess I just took the genre as good "Easy Listening" music that everyone likes.
Thinking about it though, I don't think young blacks listen to R&B anymore. I mean, for me, it was always a casual interest but nonetheless, I think R&B doesn't even have casual fans anymore. I think I may just be stuck in the past and even that past could be illusory.
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