Handy inspired Memphis legends such as Memphis Minnie McCoy, Albert King and Furry Lewis, to name a few. Also, Memphis is home of the iconic Stax Reocrds, the label that brought us legendary crooners Isaac Hayes and Otis Redding.īased on the history of Memphis’ independent music scene, it’s only natural that Memphis hip-hop artist create successful independent labels. Wealthy whites and blacks flocked to Beale Street to hear this new form of music that Handy created. Handy is credited with writing the first blues song in 1909. On any given day, one could find Black musicians performing on the cobblestoned street in Memphis. For instance, immediately following the Civil War, in Memphis, Tennessee, African American musicians performed on the now famed Beale Street in order to make ends meet. Music has also created careers and wealth for African Americans. From the traumatizing cotton fields to the long Civil Rights marches, Blacks have used music to get through life, work and relationships. Out of self-determination, Blacks created jazz, blues, rock and roll and hip-hop. Black folk have been creating new genres of music for some time now.

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