Someone said Little Richard was among the first to call out cultural appropriation in music and it'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

THERE IS NO ROCK & ROLL WITHOUT #LITTLERICHARD.

I think I loved #LittleRichard's unvarnished self-assuredness most of all.

He was gonna TELL YOU that HE was the original. He didn't care if you liked it, honey. And plenty of folks didn't like it because Black men aren't supposed to be that confident. https://twitter.com/SylviaObell/status/1259145868642586624?s=20

(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)