SOME AFRICAN-AMERICAN ARTISTS YOU PROBABALY DID NOT KNOW WHERE AFRICAN.

TINASHE (Zimbabwe)
Tinashe Jorgenson Kachingwe / tiːˈnɑːʃeɪ/ born February 6, 1993) is an American singer-songwriter, record producer, dancer, actress, and former model. Her father is a professor who teaches acting at California State Polytechnic University and a first generation immigrant of the Shona people of Zimbabwe , while her mother, who is of Danish , Norwegian , Irish , and English descent, teaches physical therapy at California State University, Northridge. Her parents met each other on a blind date during their time as undergrads at the University of Iowa.Tinashe's name means "We are with God" in the Shona language . She has two younger brothers, Thulani and Kudzai.

THE WEEKND (Ethiopia)
Abel Makkonen Tesfaye (born 16 February 1990), known professionally as The Weeknd (pronounced "the weekend", is a Canadian singer, songwriter and record producer.Abel Makkonen Tesfaye was born in Toronto ,
Ontario and was raised in the neighbourhood of Scarborough ,
Ontario , a district in the city's east end. He is the only child of Makkonen and Samra Tesfaye, who were Ethiopian migrants to Canada in the late 1980s. He has also credited his stage name as being inspired by his high school dropout status "after [he] left one weekend and never came home", although, producer Jeremy Rose claims the name was his own idea.The spelling was modified in order to avoid trademark issues with the Canadian band The Weekend .

AMINÉ (Ethiopia)
Adam Aminé Daniel (born April 18, 1994), professionally known as
Aminé , is an American rapper. He is best known for his commercial debut single , " Caroline ", which peaked at number 11 on the US Billboard Hot 100 chart.The son of Eritrean and Ethiopian immigrants, Aminé was born and raised in Portland, Oregon. He grew up wanting to play basketball, but was cut from Benson Polytechnic 's basketball team freshman and sophomore year. His rap career then began to come into fruition when he would make diss tracks about rival high schools, Grant High School and Lincoln High School.Well,Caroline is now 2X Platinum Certified.

FRENCH MONTANA ( Morocco)
Karim Kharbouch (born November 9, 1984), better known by his
stage name French Montana , is a Moroccan-American hip hop
recording artist . Born in Morocco, he immigrated to the United States with his family when he was 13 years old. He is the founder of Coke Boys Records , and its predecessor Cocaine City Records. Karim Kharbouch was born on November 9, 1984 in Rabat ,
Morocco.He grew up at the family estate outside
Casablanca where he lived for the first 13 years of his life.Growing up, he was consumed with soccer and rap, describing them as his two favorite childhood hobbies,before getting into basketball in his later teens.
In 1996, at the age of 13, Karim left Morocco with his mother, his father Abdela and younger brother Zack for New York City , where they settled in the South Bronx.Speaking only his
native languages Arabic and French when he first arrived, he learned English in the streets and in the Bronx high schools of Lehman and Roosevelt. After struggling for 2 years, his father decided they would move back to Casablanca, when his mother opted to stay back with the kids citing lack of opportunities back home.His mother was pregnant with his youngest brother Ayoub at the time, who was born in the US shortly after his father departed for Morocco. With 3 kids, including an infant, his mother was dependent on welfare for financial support. Karim eventually found himself the primary breadwinner for the family.

JHENE AIKO (Not Specified,Nigeria)
Jhené Aiko Efuru Chilombo (born March 16, 1988), known as
Jhené Aiko or Jhené , is an American singer and songwriter. She embarked on her music career contributing vocals and appearing in several music videos for R&B group B2K .Aiko grew up in Ladera Heights, California. She was
homeschooled.She took vocal lessons in Culver City, California but discontinued when she unexpectedly got pregnant.Aiko is the daughter of Christina Yamamoto and Dr. Karamo Chilombo (born Gregory Wycliff Barnes), a pediatrician. Her parents later divorced.Her sister is R&B singer Mila J.According to her Ancestry research,she is 33% Nigerian,getting her the Yoruba name Efuru.

Africa is great

Tinashé

The Weeknd

Aminé

French montana

French Montana isn't black, you have to be black to be African American.

Secondly, none of the people on this list are African Americans, you have to be a descendant of the Africans brought to the Americans to be an African American.

Also, the Weeknd is from Canada.

TheBaltimorean:
French Montana isn't black, you have to be black to be African American.

Secondly, none of the people on this list are African Americans, you have to be a descendant of the Africans brought to the Americans to be an African American.

Also, the Weeknd is from Canada.

For all these years, can you back up all of your claims?