This week Washington, DC Black community members protested gentrification with #MoeChella using Go-Go music!

But what is Go-Go music?

Go-Go, a #Blackmusic genre, was born in Washington, DC in the early 1970’s, its father is, the late legendary musician, #ChuckBrown.

Go-Go music is a hybrid genre that fused; indigenous West African cultural traditions of call-and-response, the polyrhythms beat of the Congo drum, with various other Black music genres such as blues, soul, funk, salsa, gospel, and old school hip-hop.

Bands Young Senators and Black Heat are also credited with pioneering Go-Go music.

Read more about the genre here: https://www.amazon.com/Beat-Go-Go-Music-Washington-American/dp/1604732415

Video via: Unsung TV 1

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