Genre Convention: RnB

Chain Gangs
 - Singing - Black American English (Ebonics)

USA
 - Protest

Black Slave Music
 - Christianity - call and response

 - South of America (higher black population)
 - Drum/guitar basis due to availability plus church-type female singing voices
 - 1980s onwards - Rise in popularity - Aretha Franklin, Whitney Housten
 - 1990s - RnB/Pop hybrids become popular - Michael Jackson, Boys II Men
 - 2000s onwards - RnB popular with black/white/hispanic audiences - TV shows depicting RnB stars  - Pimp my Ride, Power, Empire
 - Crossover - Kanye West and fashion line, Puff Daddy and clubs
 - Power couples - Beyoncé and JayZ
 - Secretly produced by caucasians

Cultural Appropriation

Conventions:
Mise en Scene
 - low light
 - black people
 - guitars/drums
 - conspicuous consumption (gold chains, diamonds)
 - status driven
 - "bling culture"
 - clothes and tattoos identifty sports and TV stars as fans of RnB
 - Crime - ghetto, glamorises?, culture/survival
 - Topics - lust, crime, cheating, violence, racism, abuse