I grew up playing about 15 instruments and the way that I was able to accomplish that was by cutting my classes, hanging out in the band room all day, and going from one instrument to the next to the next, until I learned how to play everything by ear.
I think hip-hop is really fun right now... and that's why people are using dance beats and singing more.
In real life there are indeed black people who have been in the middle class for generations, but in entertainment it's as if they don't exist.