man, that jimmy fallon band, the roots? that guy with the hair pick, he can really drum his drums.
there's nothing racist about it, the band concept makes more sense to white audiences so they're more willing to accept it.
hip hops adaptation of the roland tr-808 began with black dudes, in front of black dudes, listened to by black dudes. the use of technic 1200's for scratching and turning the turntables into an instrument was unique. all foreign to mainstream white audiences. most white dudes didn't know anything about an 808 so ya, it's new to them at first.
or you just have cases of crossover success like in cases like run dmc and aerosmith, both opened up themselves to new audiences with walk this way
do white kids care that deadmau5 doesn't play his sets with a band? no. is he more successful when he doesn't? no.
anyway i think you need to marinate on this thought some more
