Someone said Little Richard was among the first to call out cultural appropriation in music and it& #39;s true.

Elvis, The Beatles, The Rolling Stones, Clapton...so many more. No one is denying their talent, but only a few (Clapton, Stones) acknowledged their roots in Black music. https://twitter.com/ClintSmithIII/status/1259145324419059713">https://twitter.com/ClintSmit...

https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🗣️" title="Speaking head in silhouette" aria-label="Emoji: Speaking head in silhouette">THERE IS NO ROCK & ROLL WITHOUT #LITTLERICHARD.

I think I loved #LittleRichard& #39;s unvarnished self-assuredness most of all.

He was gonna TELL YOU that HE was the original. He didn& #39;t care if you liked it, honey. And plenty of folks didn& #39;t like it because Black men aren& #39;t supposed to be that confident. https://twitter.com/SylviaObell/status/1259145868642586624?s=20">https://twitter.com/SylviaObe...

(Ran out of characters to acknowledge the Beatles did acknowledge their roots...put the tweet w the photo of them in the last tweet to try to acknowledge this, but also here:

https://twitter.com/mspackyetti/status/1259151226219966464?s=21)">https://twitter.com/mspackyet...