I was telling a friend the same thing recently. Blacks were cutting edge/pioneers for a lot of music. Jazz, Blues, Early Rock and funk/r&b. Even Rap was cutting edge in the beginning.
How the creativity became such a laughable cliche is amazing. Same videos, beats, lyrics, stupid dances for the last 15 years.
Same thing for female pop singers with the stupid, played out dancers doing the same crap behind them.