As a black American whos family been here since 1500s. Salute to all the Caribbean people. Definitely played a major part in America culture. Salute❤✌🏾
@@BrownsvilleBaby_EstMany black Americans are mixed with many races, too. African Americans, also known as Black Americans or Afro-Americans, are an ethnic group consisting of Americans with partial or total ancestry from any of the Black racial groups of Africa.
Sheryl Lee Ralph's mother was Jamaican and her father was actually American. I know because Dr. Ralph was my choir teacher in middle school and was a very nice man.
Also, Nathalie Emmanuel who played Missandei on Game of Thrones, her mother is from Dominica 🇩🇲 (Not Dcan Republic) and her father from St. Lucia 🇱🇨 She is very proud of her roots.
🇧🇸🇧🇸🇧🇸 Uncle Luke- Bahamian mother Rick Fox- Bahamian father Al Roker - Bahamian father Roxy Roker - Bahamian father Persia White - born in the Bahamas Trina- Bahamian mother Mowrys - Bahamian great-grandparents
@@msbronzegoddess3166 quoted: "Katrina Laverne Taylor was born on December 3, 1978, in Miami, Florida. She grew up in the Liberty City area of Miami, Florida. Her father is Dominican, while her mother, Vernessa Taylor, was Bahamian. They separated when Trina was a child."
@@Sara-kz4mlLol THAT FBA shit annoying most of y’all FBA’s broke and been here for generations….the people y’all open the doors for is doing better than YOUR PARTICULAR FAMILY in one or 2 generations after coming to the U.S 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂 AND BTW Caribbeans played a big PART in the creation of rap music in NEW YORK CITU
I was at the airport in Barbados in 2009 on my way back to the London. I was in my wheelchair moving around the departure area, looking in the shops etc passing time. When I came back out, I saw this girl walking towards me with short dark hair, dark sunglasses and a small bag. When she got closer I realised it was Rihanna. I thought ok be cool and just say “Hi”. I said “Hi” and she replied back with “Hi”. So that was five seconds of meeting Rihanna. I spoke to one of the airport staff afterwards. She confirmed it was her and they made remove her sunglasses before allowing her through.
@@theguardianarchives433FAMILY, THIS IS WHY WE HAVE TO READ AND LEARN OUR HISTORY. IT COSTED A LOT OF MONEY TO CHARTER A SHIP, SPEND FOUR MONTHS CROSSING THE ATLANTIC OCEAN, TO GO 3000 MILES TO AFRICA SPEND A MONTH SNATCHING PEOPLE, CHAINING THEM IN THE HOLE OF THE SHIP, THEN FOUR MOUNTHS AT SEA FOR THE TRIP BACK, IN WHICH SOME CASES TWO THIRDS OF THE CARGO WOULD DIE DURING THE MIDDLE PASSAGE . SO THE AMERICAN PLANTATION OWNERS WOULD BY SLAVES FROM THE CARIBBEAN AND SOUTH AND CENTRAL AMERICA, IT WAS CHEAPER TO BUY THEM FROM THE CARIBBEAN, AND MOST OF THEM CAME IN THROUGH THE SEAPORT AT CHARLSTON SOUTH CAROLINA. SO IT DON'T MATTER IF WE WERE BORN IN THE CARIBBEAN OR IN THE UNITED STATES, WE WAS ALL SNATCHED FROM THE SAME PLACE.
How do you mention that Jean-Michel Basquiat has a Haitian father but never mentioned that he has a Puerto Rican mother. Maxwell is also Haitian and Puerto Rican as well! Isn’t Puerto Rico a Caribbean country?
@@BrittaneyBoss Her paternal grandmother is Puerto Rican. Also, La La Anthony is AfroBoricua. Most people think she’s African American because they are not used to seeing Puerto Ricans of African descent. The funny thing is, there were Africans in Puerto Rico before every country mentioned in this video.
@@REGGIE_BXNY Not every black person on this side of the world is of African descent. There was an abundance of black people (whose complexions ranged from fair to copper-colored to brown to black) here before any European or African ever stepped foot in the Americas. This is confirmed by every early voyager and has been thoroughly documented since the late 15th century.
@@Stargazer3131 what's the name of foundation of black American and you guys can't have celebrities you only have one that's Bob Marley none of these people are Jamaican
Congrats to Shyne doing big things. From the jailhouse to the Head of the opposition party and possibly will be President (Prime Minister). He is an inspiration.
@ericsnow2069 most black people from Chicago us from Mississippi your talking about the founding of Chicago but it would have been discovered anyways. The Carolinas you must explain and be Orleans was ruled by France taken by England
@@QuadriviumNumbers Verbose? A one liner? That would be you, not so? Verbose - using or expressed in more words than are needed. Why did you invest your words and time then? I get it, the number of words fit your medieval mindset. Go brave! 😉 😂
@QuadriviumNumbers Verbose? A one liner? Do you know the meaning of the word, medieval one? Freedom of speech exists! Go work on something mathematical and let me be! 🃏
I was probably one of the first to find out Maxwell was Haitian. Because one of my Haitian teachers from back in the day was her cousin and she told me that was her cousin. Her name is Marie Barret. I remember Maxwell was asked in a interview what he was. He said one of his parents was from Puerto Rico and his other parent was from the Caribbean. He refused to simply say Haitian i think its because back then a lot of Hattians were ashamed to say they are Haitian because they were looked down upon, bullied and called names.
That’s weird because I remember reading that one of his parents is Puerto Rican and the other is Haitian, I don’t remember him trying to downplay his Haitian heritage.
No we are not the same... We are not one people.. Caribbeans are Foreigners here. We are Foreigners there.. You cannot tether to our culture.. Have fun with your own culture and have some Dignity.. All of a sudden Yall Yankees Now? Foh
Thank you for shedding light on this. When I learned that Busta Rhymes was carribbean a while back I realized there were more than I thought. One thing I noticed though is that the video highlights people like Candace Owens who has a grandmother that was carribbean as if that makes her full.. or the trend is a Carribbean father or a Black American mother but that part loves to be left out. So although it’s great history, there’s usually a lot of ego at play.. but it shouldn’t be if half of these Celebs are inter-ethnic. Like when Nipsey hussle died.. the way Eritreans claimed him I woulda swore he was 100% Eritrean but his mother was Black American and I’m just peeping the trend is all. 😂👀 Great video nonetheless
@@o13sweetboy I wouldn't say _originated_ I would say they were Americans with Caribbean roots, but they saw themselves as black people like everybody else. It's a Black NEW YORK product. They didn't do it in the name of being Caribbean, many never even step foot in the Caribbean, it just so happened that there are a lot of west Indians in New York. They were still Americans, just Caribbean heritage.
Respect: very informative ❤ Hazle Scott, classical and Jazz pianist, singer, and civil rights activist (married to Adam Clayton Powell, Jr.) was a Trinidadian keyboard progeny. Thanks
@@feddi7693 I’m seeing different articles say different things. But whoever Jimmy Kirkpatrick is looks just like him. And they’re saying he’s from North Carolina
No you're not. What's wrong with you? Y'all spend too much time patting yourselves on the back for nothing and allowing your country to be that name Trump (who I will never vote for) called it. Stop spending so much time coming for America and African-Americans, in general. You're a bunch of haters who will Never be on our level. Work on that backward, run down country of yours.
One thing about West Indian people some of us may not have much material possessions, but we have ambitions we can accomplish anything we put our minds to
😢Honestly, thank you very much for the the information. In fact, the two Celebrity I knew Who was Jamaican is Sherly Lee Ralph who stared in the Mighty Queen with Danzel Washington. Big respect to Sheryl Lee Ralph because she didn't hide her Jamaican Accents. Next, is the incredible, super talented, first trendsetter, super model, and the Greatest of all Grace Jones never hide her Jamaican Heritage. I was shocked to know that Aaliyah was Jamaican because I love her music 1 Trillion %.
I didn’t realize so many Caribbean have had such a great impact on American culture. Very talented people, not taking away from any one else’s talent. This was a great video to watch 💕being from st. Michaels Barbados myself 🇧🇧 and my honey is Jamaican 🇯🇲 Caribbean people are represented all over the world, always remember who you are and never forget your roots. Shout out to everyone ✌🏽
What talent do you have Mr couch potato? Hm....? America is a continent dummy 🤡 not a country , we're all Black indigenous people of the entire continent stop claiming only the northern territory just because the white men develop and modernize it @circleoflovecaregivers9353
@@christineda123 the black american ethnic group didn't exist prior to americas formation so we are original from this land just like any other native group would form. jamaicans can't be natives or jamaica if black americans can't be natives to our land.
@@DebbieGarvey-dq6cf no offense but instead of worrying about vexxing AA people you should all try rebuilding your own countries and getting your GDP up. America can not save all of you.
@@donfrossa1432 The man on his birth certificate was Jamaican and he carries the last name to this day but it has been said that it’s likely it’s not his biological father.
Angela Winbush of 80's group 'Angela & Renee' is of Bajan descent 🥰 Dorothy Dandridge was actually of Bajan descent. Her niece Kristin Clarke, who is a Tubi actress, on her Instagram she pays tributes to Dorothy quite often as well as rep her bajan flag!
Not shocked at Jada pinkett Baltimore has a heavy Caribbean population. But it was Kelsey Grammer and Gweneth paltrow for me 😂!! Dis just shows we're everywhere and everyone luvs our sauce💯
I don't think their ancestors were necessarily Afro-Caribbean doesn't make them any less Caribbean ! a lot of different races have and continue to pass through the region.
@@a-bd1216 No one in the Caribbean says "Afro-Caribbean" there's no need to say Afro-Caribbean, because the Africans are NOT minorities like the USA, they are the majority in the Caribbean.
Let’s celebrate ALL Africans, yes Africans. It shows that the African American community has always been diverse. From the great Marcus Garvey🇯🇲 to the creator of the Negro National Anthem, Lift Every Voice, James Weldon Johnson🇧🇸 to Shirley Chisholm to civil rights leader Stokely Carmichael🇹🇹 to Lous Farrakhan. The list goes ON. Great video
@@QLivindesperate is crazy. The video is performing well after weeks of hard work. Literally nothing y’all are saying will do anything else but live in the comment section.
@@QLivinIt’s nice to know it’s only people YOU that are mad. We came here because we saw the title and was excited and you saw it and decided to hate 😂you’re a sad individual 😢get some help😅
@@scrabblemistres if I added Sean Paul I would’ve had to add all the dancehall and reggae artists, and the video would still be going to this very moment.
@@hiphopurbanpop I understand. I thought of him since he is known by non-Caribbean audiences more than other dancehall and reggae artists. What you said makes sense.
If they are from New York City they are more than likely Carribean. I dont care what Wikipedia labels them as American.They parents either originated to NYC from Down South or The Carribeans
A few. The first enslaved Africans that were brought to New Amsterdam, now NY, were brought from the Caribbean and Caribbean people been migrating to NYC since the late 1800s. I have family that has been in NYC since the 20s.
@@SparkleInYourEyes2024 Well, her step father could be Trinidadian but her mother, Nikki Taylor is Trinidadian and biological father is African American.
@@linwoodavenue4300 don’t pay them no mind when they say stuff like this. It took the Chinese to come to their land and build up the roads and what not. They are not like us. Just look at their inventions and innovations they can’t compare to us. We don’t run from our problems we stay and face them .
🇹🇹 🇹🇹 🇹🇹 I'm happy bcuz some of my American born cousins + myself born in Quebec are embracing our Caribbean heritage more now as adults/grown folk...even my American cousins who kind of put it on the back burner and weren't that interested in their heritage as teens have come round to it later on and did dna tests and all that. For myself tho, I've actually lived in Caribbean w' my grandmother and go back to the islands often to visit + not just for for carnival season lol. I've gone during the the non-carnival seasons (xmas, summer, fall). Can't speak on the other islands but in T&T 🇹🇹 specifically, the vibe is totally different when it's not carnival season. My fam even told me to not be fooled by carnival season because people in Trinbago can be quite conservative + not everyone actually enjoys mas, fetes or taking part in the festivities. The conservative factors can be summed up for a number of reasons: religion/christianity/upbringing/family values/ "british + european" colonialism: not exposing too much skin/class/economics etc. Trini's and Jamaicans these days keep up w' a lot of North American trends (US/Canada) you can kind of see in infrastructure, consumer goods, food and even parties but in the past both nations were very much European or more so took on influences from europe and the old europeans influences can be seen in many facets of their past ways of life as well as the modern ways. I recently learned about the time period that American companies influenced + opened flour mills on the island, in previous times, Trinbagonians were not consuming so much flour and had/consumed more abundant gluten-free options.....
I found it strange when the Barbados government renamed a school after Shirley Chisholm. I heard she was of Guyanese decent, didn't know she lived in Barbados too.
Possibly so. A lot of Guyanese and Trinidadian blacks have Barbadian ancestry. Barbados was always an overpopulated island and exported people, freed and enslaved, throughout the Caribbean,
Caribbean people are as foundational to America and American culture as any other ethnic group. Caribbeans have been coming to the US, by force and also voluntarily, since before the time of Columbus. Alot of the people screaming “fba” have Caribbean ancestors and don’t even know it.
This is why I hate the FBA vs Caribbean feud. It’s ridiculous. Most of these folks assimilated to black American culture. Both sides have to understand that the dominant society don’t distinguish us based off our lineage. They just see us as black.
Remember, just like white americans, heve roots from Europe and elsewhere, so do black americans. they have roots from Africa, the carribean, and elsewhere . I'm sure we all have a great, great, great-grandmother from somewhere other than here . This is America!🇺🇸
This is a good list but you did not mention Stephon Curry (NBA player- mother is half Haitian), Klay Thompson (NBA Player- Father is from Bahamas), Mario Elie (Haitian- ex NBA player) , Kevin Durant (NBA Player- Guyanese mother), Darren Collision ( Guyanese descent, ex NBA player) , Karin Jean Pierre - Biden Press secretary (Haitian), Eric Holder _ former US attorney General (Barbados) , Jason Pierre Paul (Haitian - NY Giants player ) , Jonathan Vilma (NY Jets and New Orleans Saints Haitian player)
Don lemonade needs to see this. Maybe he’ll understand the black diaspora is the largest group of diverse people. We’re not a monolith. Congrats to those Caribbean beautiful people. Bigg up yourself.
Can the commenters stop nominating additional individuals who are of Caribbean descent? We know the above list was not possibly exhaustive or meant to be. It provided some examples. This shhht could go on forever. It's not a competition to see who can nominate a previously unstated name. Yeesh!
@@khakisuitANDting this! I did all I could. I included 300 people and the video had to be cut down *and* split into 2 parts. The research, editing, and work with my voiceover artist was so tumultuous I took a 6 month break that turned into a year 😭
Wait what?? 😂Mike Tyson biological father is from North Carolina. His mother’s boyfriend was Jamaican. Sheet his adopted parents would have more claim than that. He would be a yt Italian 😂
@@hiphopurbanpop A lot of Jamaicans are trying to claim her and she has said she doesn't understand why. Like I said before you're going by fake stuff on the internet. Future and Usher have also come out and said that they are not Haitian..
No one should be fuming. The Reparations bill H.R 40 clearly states reparations for all persons of African descent living in the USA with ancestry pre1865 and post 1865.. The writers sought to prohibit divisive discussion around the bill.
PART 1 HERE : ua-cam.com/video/NkPzwTU4ugo/v-deo.htmlsi=tobMJ-qzYE0N7G_F
Puerto Rico is a Caribbean island… why was that excluded??
All coming from nyc
Jamaica 🇯🇲 to the world !!!!
Jus like dat 🇯🇲
Wi likkle but wi tallawah!🥳🇯🇲
💪🏿 🇯🇲
BIG UP YOURSELF
Yessss ❤❤❤❤
Shout out to all of my Caribbean people!! 🇯🇲🇩🇲
767 !!!! 🙌🏽💥🇩🇲
My daddy is from Mahaut ❤️❤️🇩🇲🇩🇲
@@createthebalance ❤️🇬🇩❤️🇬🇩❤️🇬🇩
I never mike Tyson and styles p had Jamaica 🇯🇲 in them
@@moetarawally-maldonado1768 Mike Tyson does not his step father was Jamaican
Shout out to ALL my Caribbean brothers and sisters!!!
Especially my Haitians!!!🇭🇹🇭🇹🇭🇹
sak pase
🫶🏾🫶🏾🫶🏾🫶🏾💙🤍❤️
As a black American whos family been here since 1500s. Salute to all the Caribbean people. Definitely played a major part in America culture. Salute❤✌🏾
You're not a Blacc American.Us Brown people are mixed with Alot of tings
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@@BrownsvilleBaby_Estwe are black American we have our own culture too
They didn’t play a major part in the culture they copied the culture.
@@BrownsvilleBaby_EstMany black Americans are mixed with many races, too. African Americans, also known as Black Americans or Afro-Americans, are an ethnic group consisting of Americans with partial or total ancestry from any of the Black racial groups of Africa.
I LOVE LOVE LOVE all my Caribbean people.
😂ok us uncultured blacks not the same as you people are we🥶
@@darkenergy361 If you're black I love you regardless. We ALL are cultured
@@darkenergy361 Your name is very apt.
Sheryl Lee Ralph's mother was Jamaican and her father was actually American. I know because Dr. Ralph was my choir teacher in middle school and was a very nice man.
Yep, you're right
@@Cappacinoo1 ok, so point being she still have Caribbean heritage that they're trying to dispute.
@@marciastx4540 They can't deny her Jamaican heritage, she even grew up in Jamaica during her childhood years, she mentioned it herself.
In fact, her biological father is Jamaican...why I can say this is that when I met him he corrected me on his ethnicity !
Dr Ralph was my professor in College.
Bajan, Trini and Jamaican I love they vibe ❤
Me too🇧🇧
Love you too. 🇧🇧
Yes! 🇧🇧
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Shout out to the Bajan diaspora. The island (and it's population) is tiny but we show up all over the place!!!!
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My paternal great-grandmothers family is all Bajan. When my grandparents retired they moved to Barbados, I got to meet some of my cousins out there.
Yuh done kno🇧🇧
Michael Jordan family from BARBADOS
ja rule's name is Jeffrey Atkins,Camron's name is Camron Giles,Nelly's name is Cornell Haynes,all surnames synonymous with Barbados
Busta Rhymes & The Notorious B.I.G. both of their parents are 🇯🇲
Also, Nathalie Emmanuel who played Missandei on Game of Thrones, her mother is from Dominica 🇩🇲 (Not Dcan Republic) and her father from St. Lucia 🇱🇨 She is very proud of her roots.
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Uncle Luke- Bahamian mother
Rick Fox- Bahamian father
Al Roker - Bahamian father
Roxy Roker - Bahamian father
Persia White - born in the Bahamas
Trina- Bahamian mother
Mowrys - Bahamian great-grandparents
Trina the rapper? Didn’t she used to claim being Dominican (Republic) ? 😮
She has a bajan mother and dominican/cuban father lol.@@chaneli3n
@@Sara-kz4ml neither I nor the video ever said they did, but did you? You obviously missed the video, so here's a synopsis: it's NOT about Americans.
@@msbronzegoddess3166 quoted: "Katrina Laverne Taylor was born on December 3, 1978, in Miami, Florida. She grew up in the Liberty City area of Miami, Florida. Her father is Dominican, while her mother, Vernessa Taylor, was Bahamian. They separated when Trina was a child."
@@Sara-kz4mlLol THAT FBA shit annoying most of y’all FBA’s broke and been here for generations….the people y’all open the doors for is doing better than YOUR PARTICULAR FAMILY in one or 2 generations after coming to the U.S 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂 AND BTW Caribbeans played a big PART in the creation of rap music in NEW YORK CITU
Wow great video. Glad to know Caribbean roots spread far and wide. Big up the Caribbean diaspora (especially Trinidad 🇹🇹) all ah we is one famaleeee
Wow..Caribbean people have had a huge impact on the world..we got to give them more props.
Think about how much the super market produce section would be empty if it wasnt for the Carribean bro
That's cap 🧢.
Many are half and that other half is American. If we did a video of who was African American it would be 20 videos long
That's right, it wasn't like they were full blood. Most of them were half black American...
If we were in Jamaica, I'd love to know who has/had African-American roots. In the USA, I'm curious to know who has "West Indian" roots.
Shoutout to all my Caribbean’s!🇯🇲🇱🇨
Most Caribbean people are so gorgeous!! 💯❤️😍
P.S.: Representing Surinam 🇸🇷
I LOVE SU
Especially the foreheads
Suriname produced many of the best footballers.
Respect from England
@@donovanwray5974 Thankyou. Yes football players and kickboxers as well
I was at the airport in Barbados in 2009 on my way back to the London. I was in my wheelchair moving around the departure area, looking in the shops etc passing time. When I came back out, I saw this girl walking towards me with short dark hair, dark sunglasses and a small bag. When she got closer I realised it was Rihanna.
I thought ok be cool and just say “Hi”. I said “Hi” and she replied back with “Hi”.
So that was five seconds of meeting Rihanna.
I spoke to one of the airport staff afterwards. She confirmed it was her and they made remove her sunglasses before allowing her through.
I listened to farrakhan mimicking his Mother and he bust that Caribbean accent ON POINT!
Every time!!!
We are ONE CARIBBEAN! Big up unno self! 🇯🇲🇹🇹🇧🇧🇸🇷🇰🇾🇰🇳🇲🇶🇨🇼🇨🇺🇵🇷🇩🇴🇩🇲🇻🇬🇻🇮🇧🇸🇭🇹🇻🇬🇮🇴🇵🇦🇬🇾 🇹🇨 🇦🇼 🇦🇮 🇧🇿🇲🇸🇻🇨🇬🇩
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You didn’t even put Antigua flag but yet half of Antigua is Jamaicans
@@bronelove565I was just about to say she left out the Antiguan 🇦🇬 .
👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽🤴🏽👸🏽💯💯All a we!🏆
Unite and form an ethnicity like Latin Caribbean did.
Most from NYC will have Caribbean backgrounds. ,🇬🇾🇬🇾🇬🇾🇬🇾🇬🇾🇬🇾
With you on that ,love from a jamaican living in Canada ❤❤❤.
@@tb9811 and boy are they corny and self hating
No we all don't. I'm from NYC and I have a USA Background. At least 50% of us have roots from the South and not the Caribbean
@@theguardianarchives433FAMILY, THIS IS WHY WE HAVE TO READ AND LEARN OUR HISTORY. IT COSTED A LOT OF MONEY TO CHARTER A SHIP, SPEND FOUR MONTHS CROSSING THE ATLANTIC OCEAN, TO GO 3000 MILES TO AFRICA SPEND A MONTH SNATCHING PEOPLE, CHAINING THEM IN THE HOLE OF THE SHIP, THEN FOUR MOUNTHS AT SEA FOR THE TRIP BACK, IN WHICH SOME CASES TWO THIRDS OF THE CARGO WOULD DIE DURING THE MIDDLE PASSAGE . SO THE AMERICAN PLANTATION OWNERS WOULD BY SLAVES FROM THE CARIBBEAN AND SOUTH AND CENTRAL AMERICA, IT WAS CHEAPER TO BUY THEM FROM THE CARIBBEAN, AND MOST OF THEM CAME IN THROUGH THE SEAPORT AT CHARLSTON SOUTH CAROLINA. SO IT DON'T MATTER IF WE WERE BORN IN THE CARIBBEAN OR IN THE UNITED STATES, WE WAS ALL SNATCHED FROM THE SAME PLACE.
NOT MOST,the MAJORITY of NYC BLACKS are BLACK AMERICANS!
How do you mention that Jean-Michel Basquiat has a Haitian father but never mentioned that he has a Puerto Rican mother. Maxwell is also Haitian and Puerto Rican as well! Isn’t Puerto Rico a Caribbean country?
Also, is Meagan Good Puerto Rican?
@@BrittaneyBoss Her paternal grandmother is Puerto Rican. Also, La La Anthony is AfroBoricua. Most people think she’s African American because they are not used to seeing Puerto Ricans of African descent. The funny thing is, there were Africans in Puerto Rico before every country mentioned in this video.
@@REGGIE_BXNYShe said she's doing afro latino seperately, relax lol.
@@REGGIE_BXNY Not every black person on this side of the world is of African descent. There was an abundance of black people (whose complexions ranged from fair to copper-colored to brown to black) here before any European or African ever stepped foot in the Americas. This is confirmed by every early voyager and has been thoroughly documented since the late 15th century.
@@REGGIE_BXNYnobody thinks she of solely African decent with those eyes, skin tone, nose and hair. Stop it
So proud of my Jamaican celebs!💃🏾🇯🇲❤️🇬🇧
@@Stargazer3131 what's the name of foundation of black American and you guys can't have celebrities you only have one that's Bob Marley none of these people are Jamaican
@@jerrygraves6531yall hating like always. Typical
@@queenofnyc5584 what's there to hate on?
Nigel sylvester is from grenada
@@jerrygraves6531 Shut up gibberish!
Thank you so much for putting this together. This video is extremely informative. I’m loving this ❤ 🙌🏾 🇬🇾
RIP Phife Dawg 🇹🇹
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Love all my 🇬🇾 is ppl.. Shout out to the Caribbean connection.
Tory Lanez was born in Brampton, Ontario, to a Bajan father, Sonstar, and a mother from Curaçao, Luella.
You missed out on Harry Belafonte, Colin Powell, Louis Farrakhan & Condoleeza Rice are Jamaican background
@@JacquelineBeckford-Barry #153 #155 #130
Farrakhan father is Jamaican, and his mother was from St. Kitts.
Condolezza Rice is 100% Native Black American.
@@awesomeasever8370Trump is 100% Chinese.
Condoleeza Rice is not Jamaican.
Congrats to Shyne doing big things. From the jailhouse to the Head of the opposition party and possibly will be President (Prime Minister). He is an inspiration.
Rihanna will probably revel in motherhood then release album when we least expect her to .
15:10 I could always detect an island accent in her speaking voice she never lost it.
You forgot civil rights activise Stockley Carmichael .
She can't forget what she does not know.
Louis Farrakhan’s background is 🇯🇲
@@joyousjohnson7358 His mother was from St. Kitts.
@@GlendaClarke-ir2cdjust gotta do more research for part 3
@@GlendaClarke-ir2cd He was born in Trinidad.
You can’t have New-York without Caribbean people.
So true!
@@starrjohnson1327 yup!!👍🏽
Ya right about it 🇧🇸🇧🇸🇧🇸🇧🇸
or Chicago or New Orleans or South East Georgia or Carolinas or Florida.....it is what it is
@ericsnow2069 most black people from Chicago us from Mississippi your talking about the founding of Chicago but it would have been discovered anyways. The Carolinas you must explain and be Orleans was ruled by France taken by England
We need more videos like this
To what avail?
@@GlendaClarke-ir2cd Go away with your verbose gibberish!
@@QuadriviumNumbers Verbose? A one liner? That would be you, not so?
Verbose - using or expressed in more words than are needed. Why did you invest your words and time then? I get it, the number of words fit your medieval mindset. Go brave! 😉 😂
@QuadriviumNumbers Verbose? A one liner? Do you know the meaning of the word, medieval one? Freedom of speech exists! Go work on something mathematical and let me be! 🃏
Jamaica is a tiny island with so much influence! This is pretty awesome to know . Both parents jamaican too . Jamaica to the world 🇯🇲
Caribbean people!!! We outside ❤❤❤
This was a cool video surprised by a few
Wow, this video is so refreshing! I’m so glad I found your page! Much love 🇯🇲
I was probably one of the first to find out Maxwell was Haitian. Because one of my Haitian teachers from back in the day was her cousin and she told me that was her cousin. Her name is Marie Barret. I remember Maxwell was asked in a interview what he was. He said one of his parents was from Puerto Rico and his other parent was from the Caribbean. He refused to simply say Haitian i think its because back then a lot of Hattians were ashamed to say they are Haitian because they were looked down upon, bullied and called names.
That’s weird because I remember reading that one of his parents is Puerto Rican and the other is Haitian, I don’t remember him trying to downplay his Haitian heritage.
Well Haitians r being looked down in 2024
We all know why
Shout out from The Bahamas to all my Celebrity Brothers and Sisters from the Caribbean making it big in the world.
Basquiat’s mother was Puerto Rican- that’s Caribbean too.
African-American culture has been highly impacted by people of Caribbean descent. We are truly one people.✊🏾
How so. Be specific
No we aren't.
Yes indeed! ❤ ✊🏾
No we are not the same... We are not one people.. Caribbeans are Foreigners here. We are Foreigners there.. You cannot tether to our culture.. Have fun with your own culture and have some Dignity.. All of a sudden Yall Yankees Now? Foh
Absolutely!
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An mi kno dat "TUNE" tu...
"MISS WIRE WAIST"
Carl Malcolm
Kingston, Jamaica🇯🇲 IMPACT records released in the mid - late 70's...
🕴🏾🕶️🦂🇬🇧/Chaa😂❤️🔥
*THE MIGHTIEST!!!!* 🇯🇲🇯🇲🇯🇲🇯🇲🇯🇲🇯🇲🇯🇲🇯🇲🇯🇲🇯🇲🇯🇲
Thank you for shedding light on this. When I learned that Busta Rhymes was carribbean a while back I realized there were more than I thought. One thing I noticed though is that the video highlights people like Candace Owens who has a grandmother that was carribbean as if that makes her full.. or the trend is a Carribbean father or a Black American mother but that part loves to be left out. So although it’s great history, there’s usually a lot of ego at play.. but it shouldn’t be if half of these Celebs are inter-ethnic. Like when Nipsey hussle died.. the way Eritreans claimed him I woulda swore he was 100% Eritrean but his mother was Black American and I’m just peeping the trend is all. 😂👀 Great video nonetheless
I think it's because it's inferred that the other parent is American.
You only have 2gmas so a bajan grandmother is as important as my Jamaican grandma who raised me even tho im from Boston no?
My mothers half Jamaican and candaces is half bajan. Why are you trynnna police peoples ethnicities?
KRS-one 's father is actually Jamaican
Afrika bambaata is jamaican too
nah his biological is Bajan....step father Jamaican
@@AlbertEinstein-fv2sn yep...Jamaican and Bajan
Yep, that's true
Most of these hip hop people I knew had island roots.
This also explains how Rap and Hip Hop really originated from West Indian/Caribbean people.
No it didn’t. There a literal rap records before the 70s.
@@o13sweetboy no it’s the reason why it actually fell and became hypersexual and colorist.
@@o13sweetboy I wouldn't say _originated_ I would say they were Americans with Caribbean roots, but they saw themselves as black people like everybody else. It's a Black NEW YORK product. They didn't do it in the name of being Caribbean, many never even step foot in the Caribbean, it just so happened that there are a lot of west Indians in New York. They were still Americans, just Caribbean heritage.
@@3amepiphanies954 Well that means it originated from Caribbean people.
When I get famous they gonna say I’m born in Ny and half Jamaican and half Trini 🙌🔥🔥🔥
Respect: very informative ❤
Hazle Scott, classical and Jazz pianist, singer, and civil rights activist (married to Adam Clayton Powell, Jr.) was a Trinidadian keyboard progeny.
Thanks
Mike Tyson mother boyfriend was Jamaican. His biological father is from North Carolina.
Other way around 🔁
@@feddi7693 no. It’s not.
@@absolute7250 I’m from Brooklyn my stepdad knows his sister. But ok believe what you want. 😅
@@feddi7693 I’m seeing different articles say different things. But whoever Jimmy Kirkpatrick is looks just like him. And they’re saying he’s from North Carolina
@@feddi7693Mike Tyson doesn't even know who his father is. His dad is not Jamaican.
That island beauty makes sense now?! 😂 so many beauty icons of island descent
I’m surprised how many of them have Jamaican roots wow 🤩
Jaminicans are everywhere, it is that geritol
Don't be surprised, I promise you, most Black Americans who have roots in the south especially from SC, GA, LA have Caribbean ancestry
@@nicoleedwards9077Patrick Ewing a Jamaican and many more
@@nicoleedwards9077 no
@allikdoolb3 Yes, it's true, it's a proven fact.
This is supa dope! Very informative. Much love to the Caribbean massive!!! 🔥🔥🔥
Good to know we every where ❤❤❤❤❤🇯🇲🇯🇲🇯🇲🇯🇲🇯🇲
No you're not. What's wrong with you? Y'all spend too much time patting yourselves on the back for nothing and allowing your country to be that name Trump (who I will never vote for) called it. Stop spending so much time coming for America and African-Americans, in general. You're a bunch of haters who will Never be on our level. Work on that backward, run down country of yours.
Jewmaycans dem nuff. Mih nah joke. 🇬🇾
Im 🇯🇲 🇨🇺 🇳🇬 and one third ☘️ living in the uk buh more to my jamaican roots, love my culture 💯
One thing about West Indian people some of us may not have much material possessions, but we have ambitions we can accomplish anything we put our minds to
😢Honestly, thank you very much for the the information. In fact, the two Celebrity I knew Who was Jamaican is Sherly Lee Ralph who stared in the Mighty Queen with Danzel Washington. Big respect to Sheryl Lee Ralph because she didn't hide her Jamaican Accents. Next, is the incredible, super talented, first trendsetter, super model, and the Greatest of all Grace Jones never hide her Jamaican Heritage. I was shocked to know that Aaliyah was Jamaican because I love her music 1 Trillion %.
I didn’t realize so many Caribbean have had such a great impact on American culture. Very talented people, not taking away from any one else’s talent. This was a great video to watch 💕being from st. Michaels Barbados myself 🇧🇧 and my honey is Jamaican 🇯🇲 Caribbean people are represented all over the world, always remember who you are and never forget your roots. Shout out to everyone ✌🏽
A”great” impact? How& in what exactly? That’s what you got from this video? What’s your definition of”great impact”?😂
Yes they emulate us very well
What talent do you have Mr couch potato? Hm....? America is a continent dummy 🤡 not a country , we're all Black indigenous people of the entire continent stop claiming only the northern territory just because the white men develop and modernize it @circleoflovecaregivers9353
VERY TALENTED
That's because majority of them in this video was half Black American
LL Cool J is actually Black American. Both his parents were Black American. His mom was adopted.
Well, His real parents probably still came from somewhere else. The Native American are the only original people of the land.
@@christineda123 the black american ethnic group didn't exist prior to americas formation so we are original from this land just like any other native group would form. jamaicans can't be natives or jamaica if black americans can't be natives to our land.
@@vangoghsotherear4114 THE WORLD IS AFRICA so stay VEX we here, u ain't gon do none bout it....
@@christineda123 His real parents were African American.
@@DebbieGarvey-dq6cf no offense but instead of worrying about vexxing AA people you should all try rebuilding your own countries and getting your GDP up. America can not save all of you.
12:15 whaaaat some of these were surprising 😮😳.
Rihanna's Great Grandfather's (Maternal side) was born in Trinidad 🇹🇹.
Mike stated that his biological father was a pimp, the Jamaican was his stepfather who was a cab driver.
@@donfrossa1432 The man on his birth certificate was Jamaican and he carries the last name to this day but it has been said that it’s likely it’s not his biological father.
@@hiphopurbanpop correct
Yall are too invested 😂
Black Republic Haitian 🇭🇹 i love all my Haitians Queens and all my Caribbean island
Angela Winbush of 80's group 'Angela & Renee' is of Bajan descent 🥰 Dorothy Dandridge was actually of Bajan descent. Her niece Kristin Clarke, who is a Tubi actress, on her Instagram she pays tributes to Dorothy quite often as well as rep her bajan flag!
As a Bajan (and as someone who loves "I'll Be Good" lol) that was great to know!!
Not shocked at Jada pinkett Baltimore has a heavy Caribbean population. But it was Kelsey Grammer and Gweneth paltrow for me 😂!! Dis just shows we're everywhere and everyone luvs our sauce💯
Not impossible at all you might be on to something 😉
Baltimore has a ‘heavy’ Caribbean population? Compared to what, Iowa?
Cmon bro. 😂😂
I don't think their ancestors were necessarily Afro-Caribbean doesn't make them any less Caribbean ! a lot of different races have and continue to pass through the region.
@@a-bd1216
No one in the Caribbean says "Afro-Caribbean" there's no need to say Afro-Caribbean, because the Africans are NOT minorities like the USA, they are the majority in the Caribbean.
Baltimore actually don't
Let’s celebrate ALL Africans, yes Africans. It shows that the African American community has always been diverse. From the great Marcus Garvey🇯🇲 to the creator of the Negro National Anthem, Lift Every Voice, James Weldon Johnson🇧🇸 to Shirley Chisholm to civil rights leader Stokely Carmichael🇹🇹 to Lous Farrakhan. The list goes ON. Great video
Most of these people aren’t American… you can just say Africans 😂
@@dinkyboss Clearly you don’t understand. I don’t have time to school on Pan Africanism. Have a nice day.
Africans weh?kmt..
Americans mean European, most of them are partially European they not pure blacks
@@decodedpsyop 46% of Jamaican of Jamaican is mixed with something.Stil y'all call us African
Yall reaching on more than half these celebrities.
Exercise is good for one’s health.
Exactly!
Get over it....more ppl have carribean blood then you'll ever know probably you too😂😂😂
@@msbronzegoddess3166No we don't.
@@user-to7up1dl3dyou mad
I would like to see one on people with Asian roots that could be a surprising.
Ll cool j is actually American. His great great grandfather was a boxer famous for fighting himself out of slavery.
Did you watch the ll cool j section?
@@hiphopurbanpoplol cool j was adopted but he is black American
@@hiphopurbanpopYou tethers are claiming people with absent parents that's desperate 😂
@@QLivindesperate is crazy. The video is performing well after weeks of hard work. Literally nothing y’all are saying will do anything else but live in the comment section.
@@QLivinIt’s nice to know it’s only people YOU that are mad. We came here because we saw the title and was excited and you saw it and decided to hate 😂you’re a sad individual 😢get some help😅
Wow, there are a lot of people that entertained us over the years that I did not know were from different countries. Great to know ❤
Should’ve included Sean Paul and give us the light😅
@@scrabblemistres if I added Sean Paul I would’ve had to add all the dancehall and reggae artists, and the video would still be going to this very moment.
@@hiphopurbanpop I understand. I thought of him since he is known by non-Caribbean audiences more than other dancehall and reggae artists. What you said makes sense.
Mike Tyson is is foundational black American on both sides
provide proof..the man on his birth certificate is Jamaican so he a tether lol
@@markphillips1240 who's birth certificate? Mike Tyson's birth certificate does not say Jamaican
@@jerrygraves6531 his birth certificate list a jamaican as his father
@@markphillips1240 I don't believe you
@@jerrygraves6531 its facts..he be a tether
Stokeley Carmichael of Trinidadian parentage.
Kwame Ture.
He was born in Trinidad
If they are from New York City they are more than likely Carribean. I dont care what Wikipedia labels them as American.They parents either originated to NYC from Down South or The Carribeans
So true! Practically every black famous person from New York is Carribbean. I can't think of a one that's not. Maybe Chris Rock. Are there any others?
@@christopherdieudonneAshanti
@@TheMG20089 Really?? Good to know :)
A few. The first enslaved Africans that were brought to New Amsterdam, now NY, were brought from the Caribbean and Caribbean people been migrating to NYC since the late 1800s. I have family that has been in NYC since the 20s.
Or both 💛
Nia long is definitely a Caribbean queen with her ancestors are from the Caribbean is she billy ocean sing the song for Caribbean Queen
This is such an inspiring video. I'm here in the USA and feel I should strive to live up to the success of my Caribbean ppl.
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LL Cool J is not of caribean descent. His mother was adopted.
if he adopted how u know what his real mom is...LMFAO...GET OVER IT...CARIBBEANS been here, ask KAMALA
Tiana Taylor mother is full Trinidadian.
No she isn't. Her stepfather is Trinidadian.
@@SparkleInYourEyes2024 Well, her step father could be Trinidadian but her mother, Nikki Taylor is Trinidadian and biological father is African American.
@@curtd5153Wow
Caribbean parents demand and beat ambition into their children. The result often is success🇯🇲🇯🇲🇯🇲
Na you guys set up the indigenous black Americans by joining the boule and futher keeping us from reclaiming our home land.
Like the Shower Posse and Zoe Pound huh
How come they’re no t successful in their own countries?
@@linwoodavenue4300 don’t pay them no mind when they say stuff like this. It took the Chinese to come to their land and build up the roads and what not. They are not like us. Just look at their inventions and innovations they can’t compare to us. We don’t run from our problems we stay and face them .
🎯🇧🇸👏🏽
8:28 wooow 😳.
Selita was our neighbor in Miramar Fl. She lived with her brothers and mom before they moved to NY. We all use to hang out together. 🥰
No one knows who's Mike tyson father is its just speculation
Tyson in an interview mentioned his dad being Caribbean. Look it up.
Little Harlem boy is trolling hard!! 😂😂😂 Hurts don't it? 😂😂 Where's your father at? 😂
@@QuadriviumNumbers he's in his own country where yours isn't 😂
🇹🇹 🇹🇹 🇹🇹 I'm happy bcuz some of my American born cousins + myself born in Quebec are embracing our Caribbean heritage more now as adults/grown folk...even my American cousins who kind of put it on the back burner and weren't that interested in their heritage as teens have come round to it later on and did dna tests and all that. For myself tho, I've actually lived in Caribbean w' my grandmother and go back to the islands often to visit + not just for for carnival season lol. I've gone during the the non-carnival seasons (xmas, summer, fall). Can't speak on the other islands but in T&T 🇹🇹 specifically, the vibe is totally different when it's not carnival season. My fam even told me to not be fooled by carnival season because people in Trinbago can be quite conservative + not everyone actually enjoys mas, fetes or taking part in the festivities. The conservative factors can be summed up for a number of reasons: religion/christianity/upbringing/family values/ "british + european" colonialism: not exposing too much skin/class/economics etc. Trini's and Jamaicans these days keep up w' a lot of North American trends (US/Canada) you can kind of see in infrastructure, consumer goods, food and even parties but in the past both nations were very much European or more so took on influences from europe and the old europeans influences can be seen in many facets of their past ways of life as well as the modern ways.
I recently learned about the time period that American companies influenced + opened flour mills on the island, in previous times, Trinbagonians were not consuming so much flour and had/consumed more abundant gluten-free options.....
When did Mike Tyson become Jamaican? 😅😅😅😅
Never!
Hurt don't it? 😂😂😂 Kunta's feeling the pressure! 😂
@@QuadriviumNumbers The Fuck you talking about Trevor??? 😆. Put the phone down and get back to your resort job. 😆 🤣 😂
Damn, there are so many, had no idea
I found it strange when the Barbados government renamed a school after Shirley Chisholm. I heard she was of Guyanese decent, didn't know she lived in Barbados too.
She went to school in Barbados. One of her parents is Bajan.
Possibly so. A lot of Guyanese and Trinidadian blacks have Barbadian ancestry. Barbados was always an overpopulated island and exported people, freed and enslaved, throughout the Caribbean,
all i can say is
❤️🔥W😲W❤️🔥...what a list of very familiar faces & names(🇺🇸)
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Caribbean people are as foundational to America and American culture as any other ethnic group. Caribbeans have been coming to the US, by force and also voluntarily, since before the time of Columbus. Alot of the people screaming “fba” have Caribbean ancestors and don’t even know it.
No you follow suite it’s a difference from creating to participating
@@MistaLoRocka foundation would be before the union of the states. Pre civil war
@@lakeside321 they actually went back and forth, and yes, we've both participated & created.
@@TheLoveweaver nope the foundation was all American base. We been doing this since Jim Crowe
Wrong, the large majority of blacks in this country have no Caribbean heritage and most Caribbean blacks didn't get here until after 1970.
I'm ADOS and I say SHOUT OUT to our Caribbean cousins...ALLL OF YALL
What's ADOS? Also blessings to you fam
@@djoseph5130 AMERICAN DESCENDANTS OF SLAVERY
@@YouGotOptions2 they are your cousins.. not all of ours
@@charleeshaw7423 kool
Shout-out to all ADOS from this 🇭🇹 🇺🇸
This is why I hate the FBA vs Caribbean feud. It’s ridiculous. Most of these folks assimilated to black American culture. Both sides have to understand that the dominant society don’t distinguish us based off our lineage. They just see us as black.
I'm sorry but who cares? I'm not basing my life off what white people think. It's okay to acknowledge your differences.
We been telling them immigrants this for years. From now on we only riding for Black Americans and exposing tethers.
Who else is in here just looking for fellow Haitianz. Did not know that about angela from boy meets world!!!!
Fat Joe,Big Pun, Kangol kid from UTFO. Tim Duncan from the San Antonio Spurs and actress Naturi Naughton father are boat from St Croix Virgin Islands
Remember, just like white americans, heve roots from Europe and elsewhere, so do black americans. they have roots from Africa, the carribean, and elsewhere . I'm sure we all have a great, great, great-grandmother from somewhere other than here . This is America!🇺🇸
This is a good list but you did not mention Stephon Curry (NBA player- mother is half Haitian), Klay Thompson (NBA Player- Father is from Bahamas), Mario Elie (Haitian- ex NBA player) , Kevin Durant (NBA Player- Guyanese mother), Darren Collision ( Guyanese descent, ex NBA player) , Karin Jean Pierre - Biden Press secretary (Haitian), Eric Holder _ former US attorney General (Barbados) , Jason Pierre Paul (Haitian - NY Giants player ) , Jonathan Vilma (NY Jets and New Orleans Saints Haitian player)
Maybe in pt1. or pt.3
Stephen Curry and Kevin Durant have no Caribbean heritage; they're 100% Native Black American.
@@hinche1977 damn. I didn't even know that.
Steph Curry is not Haitian.
@@hinche1977 Also Kemba Walker. His parents are Antiguan 🇦🇬
Am shocked at the amount of celebrities with Caribbean background” I’m being honest great job guys
Don lemonade needs to see this. Maybe he’ll understand the black diaspora is the largest group of diverse people. We’re not a monolith.
Congrats to those Caribbean beautiful people. Bigg up yourself.
Can the commenters stop nominating additional individuals who are of Caribbean descent? We know the above list was not possibly exhaustive or meant to be. It provided some examples. This shhht could go on forever. It's not a competition to see who can nominate a previously unstated name. Yeesh!
@@khakisuitANDting this! I did all I could. I included 300 people and the video had to be cut down *and* split into 2 parts. The research, editing, and work with my voiceover artist was so tumultuous I took a 6 month break that turned into a year 😭
Wait what?? 😂Mike Tyson biological father is from North Carolina. His mother’s boyfriend was Jamaican. Sheet his adopted parents would have more claim than that. He would be a yt Italian 😂
Like I told the other person the man on his birth certificate whose name he’s carrying is Jamaican. The bio dad is indeed American.
@@hiphopurbanpopMike is not Jamaican and neither is Alicia Keys.
@@SparkleInYourEyes2024 y’all wanna right so bad, cause how Alicia keys got in this??? Go get some air!
@@hiphopurbanpop A lot of Jamaicans are trying to claim her and she has said she doesn't understand why. Like I said before you're going by fake stuff on the internet. Future and Usher have also come out and said that they are not Haitian..
@@SparkleInYourEyes2024exactly these people are crazy
this was interesting there was some unexpected people wow !!
And why wasnt Cardi B on this list?! She is Trinidadian & Dominican.
You really want to claim someone like that
@@ImaniBelle-tu5nu Is not about claiming anything she is what she is!
@@timdivineyou are right why Cardi B wasn’t included.?
& Zoe Saldana? Straight up Dominican
@@ImaniBelle-tu5nu😂
I just learnt that Antonio Fargas snd and Jackie Harry both had Trinidadian mothers.
Antonio Fargas is Puerto Rican.
@@panama8009 his mother is from Trinidad.
The fba ados reparations gang are fuming 😂😂😂😂🇯🇲🇯🇲🇯🇲
lol, livid
No one should be fuming. The Reparations bill H.R 40 clearly states reparations for all persons of African descent living in the USA with ancestry pre1865 and post 1865.. The writers sought to prohibit divisive discussion around the bill.