I am really into rock, punk, and folk. I'm generally chill with every genre but bro country (burned out on it by the people around me and also its just all the fucking same).
broad net but here are (some) of my favorites. the way i find new music on spotify is going to the similar artists tab on different artist pages
rap/hip-hop you *might* like:
- rico nasty
- janelle monae
- clipping
- young fathers
- santigold
- donormaal
- raury
- outkast
- missy elliott
- lizzo
black punk:
- pure hell
- death
- special interest
- x-ray spex
- nova twins
- the 1865
- big joanie
- bad brains
- pleasure venom
black rock/alt/indie:
- thin lizzy
- gary clark jr
- brittany howard/alabama shakes/thunderbitch
- sister rosetta
- skunk anansie
- tracy chapman
- weaves
- living colour
- fishbone
- aretha franklin
- fka twigs
- rage against the machine (for the one and only tom morello)
- shamir
- arlo parks
- serpentwithfeet
- letlive/the fever 333
black folk/blues:
- adia victoria
- valerie june
- QUEEN rhiannon giddens
- robert johnson
- nina simone
- loah
- shea diamond
- kaia kater
- mirel wagner