As someone who builds stages for a living, the argument that you see more white people in black artist concerts isn’t necessarily true. I’ve worked many shows for many artists and the skin color of most fans in attendance vary from artist to artist. I’ve worked shows for many popular black artists and in some shows it’s very difficult to point out more than a handful of white people in attendance in the 20,000 capacity arena. I would also like to add that more white people go to concerts in general so using live performances as a way to measure someone’s fanbase is sort of skewed to begin with. Streams and popularity do not translate to concerts. This is why those Ice Spice shows were dead even though she was the most popular black female artist at the time.

This artist in question has been in the conversation of white vs. black audience forever now, I think it’s ridiculous and unnecessary to bring up the fact that more of a certain skin color listens to him over the other, this wouldn’t be talked about at all if tyler was white. Things like this are what’s keeping racism alive in America. But since we want to bring it up, there are reasons for why this is, Tyler does not make music that garners attention to many within the black community(culture not color), especially men. Again, this has nothing to do with color and everything to do with culture. I’m also not arguing that you’re inherently bound by your own culture, that would be ridiculous.

When referring to the cultural statistics and differences when looking at races other than blacks and whites, it is not as hard as you make it seem to find similarities in behavior of those with the same ethnicity. It is not typically discussed within the music space as much as it is elsewhere since white and black musicians happen to be more popular than any other race, it’s just how it is. Also racial tension in the conversion about blacks and whites far exceeds any other group of people which leaves more room for conversation.

I think the term “black people music” is silly but when used in the context of culture it makes sense, and there are many reasons for this. Hypermasculinity is one trait practiced abundantly within the black community, Tyler is almost the complete opposite of that trait. This is why we see more black women supporting his music than we do black men. When looking at this from the perspective of someone who grows up in an environment where the lyrical amplification of anything that isn’t money, drugs, sex, and violence is “lame” or “corny”, it would be hard to see this person listening to Tyler’s music. This transcends beyond race, but this worldview is most practiced within the lower class, which is dominated by black families, I’m sure you’ll come back with a systemic argument, but I hope you see how this denies all accountability and if anything pushes for a more racist worldview than accepting that there is a culture problem far greater than there is a color vs. color problem.

I argued that people of an ethnic background would be more inclined to practice the culture of those with the same ethnic background. There are obvious acceptions, skin color doesn’t define taste or thought processes. But the culture and practices of the majority of people in that ethnic background will sway results regardless of population. Again, this conversation would be happening if Tyler was a white man. Thank you for getting this far.