How did the Blues influence the music these days?

How did African music and rhythms influence American blues jazz soul gospel and rap music?

• Answer:

  When the drumset was created during the 20's it was initially rhythms based off of African music. After that was created drummers started developing the style we know now as jazz. The soul and gospel aspect of that was created from post slavery African American communities, primarily in Harlem during the Harlem renaissance. When I-95 was made in New York it developed the projects. Due to this hip hop and rap music was created, based off of the initial Harlem jazz soul gospel, but now with a new element of party music.