I would say No: I just heard a re mixed version of "The Thrill is Gone" with a hip-hop mix but the music was Blues Blues is organic it adapts to the situation and experience From Cotton plantations to mid west cities to housing projects,the experiences are reflected in the music
Also we have this incredible crop of young country blues singers: Keb-Mo, Alvin Youngblod Hart, Corey Harris, Chris-Thomas King, Guy Davis (son of actor Ossie Davis and Ruby Dee) and, Eric Bibb (son of folk singer Leon Bibb) The blues is very much alive in the African American Community