The concept of "white people singing black music" is ridiculous; even if music originates in a certain place that doesn't mean one community has Ownership of it. Let's say you have a black Dominican-American and a white German-American... are you going to support the black one (who's not African-American) and shun the white one because of lingering racism that may exist in the music industry? Both ladies are entitled to sing-- if you think skin color should determine the limits someone puts on themselves then you're delusional.

Also, think about this reality. If an Asian-American lady had the same voice as Adele or Anita Baker she sure as hell wouldn't be popular in the US. There is still racism in popular culture that "R&B is black music... rap is black music... no one else can sing it." Bullshit, obviously. Any talented person can sing any type of music with the God-given talent and/or training and autotuning, god forbid. If people make ignorant statements like "she's singing with a black person's voice! that's black music!" then the corollary is "all black peope SPEAK THE SAME WAY... and all other music with the exception of soul, R&B, and rap is WHITE MUSIC-- black people shouldn't be singing it!"

Here's to one person actually reading this and taking their head out of their ass.