Rock music first grew out of the rock’n’roll movement of the 1940s and 50s, which itself was inspired by country and African-American rhythm and blues from the 1920s and 30s. Even from its ...
While the music of Kanye West rarely acknowledges 50s rock 'n' roll in particular, and he doesn't rock a quiff or wear brothel-creepers (yet), he does share one key element with at least one of ...