Zapp, SOS Band, Skyy, Gap Band, Starpoint, Atlantic Starr, Midnight Star, Klymaxx, The Time, Magnum Force, Mary Jane Girls, Mtume, Cameo, One Way, Shalamar, Aurra, Bar-Kay’s, Change, The Deele, Cashmere, Con Funk Shun, Slave, A Taste of Honey, Ozone, Juicy, Odyssey, BB&Q Band….
If you’re an intelligent black man, it’s almost essential that you be visible, in some form or fashion.
Otherwise, they’ll pretend we don’t exist, & that we’re all dumb brutes.
You don’t have to cosplay whiteness, or publicize all your moves.
But don’t make yourself invisible.