Assistant Professor of Music Stephan Pennington’s most recent research studies structures of cultural appropriation in the music industry. He describes three phases of cultural appropriation, by which ...

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Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Gwen Stefani recently came under fire for saying "I'm Japanese" in a new interview. Stefani is just one of many pop stars who have ...

Korea's K-pop could be a twin of American mainstream media. Think of it like the Parent Trap: The two share very similar features—catchy music, visual appeal, and strong fanbases—but maintain their ...

At this point, writing an article about cultural appropriation and race in pop music, specifically within hip-hop, is nothing new. Images of Miley twerking, Taylor Swift attempting to twerk, and Katy ...

Bounce music, increasingly the chief musical export from New Orleans, dominated airwaves, memes and social media streams in 2018 thanks to two international No. 1 hits — “Nice for What” and “In My ...