On the Passing of Takeoff & The State of Rap: How White Teens Have Increased Violence in the Genre

Following the tragic death of Migos rapper Takeoff, let's take an honest look at issues within the rap community without the racist remarks white media loves to make about the genre.

Rappers Offset, Quavo, and Takeoff of hip hop group Migos perform onstage during Coachella (Photo by Michael Kovac/Getty Images for Moet)

Black Americans have been made to entertain white people since the beginnings of slavery, a practice persisting through the Jim Crow era to today.

Minstrel Shows, where white people and enslaved Black people painted t…