Rap musicians in the mid-1980s began producing aggressive music against white people for their unfair treatment of black people in the area. ... The rap music that sprouted from the area started with groups like N.W.A, an acronym for "Niggas With Attitude" lead by artists Ice Cube and Dr. ... The group along with other rappers created a new genre of rap, called "gangster rap." This type of rap differs from most of rap that is heard in modern times with the exception of one of the newest rappers from Compton named Kendrick Lamar. ... It has been claimed by the general pop...

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The music industry today exemplifies this kind of separation. Rock and roll music was formerly made up of only whites, but gradually African-Americans moved into that genre of music. This is a good thing for racial equality, except for when you look at the other types of dominant music today, rap and rhythm and blues. There is almost no white singers in these entire styles of music. On MTV, there has been only two white rap singers in the history of the channel, and one of them, Vanilla Ice, is the subject of constant ridicule by black rap fans and performers. ...

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