Funk
Music genre
Funk is a music genre that originated in African-American communities in the mid-1960s when musicians created a rhythmic, danceable new form of music through a mixture of various music genres that were popular among African-Americans in the... Wikipedia
Parent genres: Soul music, Rhythm and blues, Brown-eyed soul, and more
Inventor: James Brown
Cultural origins: Mid-1960s, United States
Stylistic origins: Soul; rhythm and blues; jazz; gospel
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