Culture Quote by Raye

My mum used to play afrobeats, my dad used to play Caribbean, my sisters and brothers played hip-hop.

— J Hus

My parents brought me up on all different styles of music, like my Mum would listen to Motown R&B and my Dad was quite…

— Ella Henderson

I grew up listening to loads of afrobeats; my grandad's Sierra Leonean, so that was always around. My mum loves those kind of beats,…

— Mabel

My grandfather was a massive influence in my music. Growing up, he would play a lot of old-school records to me. A lot of…

— Ella Henderson

Music really influenced me when I was growing up. I did go through a Jimi Hendrix phase. My hair was naturally quite afro, and…

— Helen McCrory

I grew up in a house full of music. Everything from reggae and afro-beat to Zook and pop.

— Estelle

Since the age of 12, all my musical thinking has been influenced by Afro-American music.

— Alexis Korner

I was always playing with whatever I could get under my hands, making rhythm with it, which was natural for me, because my parents…

— Jain

I grew up in predominantly black neighborhoods and went to predominantly black schools. And hip-hop is what I grew up listening to in my…

— Mark Wahlberg

My step dad's from Nigeria, so he listened to Highlife music from Africa. He was also into hip-hop and R&B, and from that, I…

— Jax Jones

Ninety-nine percent of the music that was of any interest to me when I was growing up came out of the black community.

— David Sanborn

I was raised on African music, Harry Belafonte, and the Boston Pops. Then I got a dose of soul and hip-hop. I related to…

— Fantastic Negrito