They sure do like to steal aka sample the beats though. Black rappers are always ripping off beats and techniques from European electronic performers. Every since the earliest days of rap, the first rap beats were ripped off from European electronic groups like Kraftwerk in particular. Kraftwerk even successfully sued Afrika Bambaata for pilfering their beats in 1981 for his song Planet Rock which was a milestone song for rap music. Yes, alot of very good looking White women at those shows:cool: Very few non Whites.   It is completely born of European minds, but it has now been immitated by people of all races and ethnicities all over the world. Without European electronic pioneers like the German group Kraftwerk rap/hip hop music may never even have came into existance since they ripped off their beats and techniques for the earliest rap music and are still doing it. I consider Kraftwerk to be the most important group of the later half of the 20th century without a doubt. Without Kraftwerk there would be no techno, trance, electro, house, synth pop, industrial or even rap/hip hop as we know it. The importance of Kraftwerk to modern music cannot be understated. The originators, the Fathers of Electronic music as we know it, Kraftwerk.   Trans Europe Express - Kraftwerk(originally released in 1977).  [youtube]http://youtube.com/watch?v=BpdI8mAOryE&feature=related[/youtube]  The Robots - Kraftwerk (1978).  [youtube]http://youtube.com/watch?v=3HiRjblCypw[/youtube]  It's More Fun to Compute - Kraftwerk(1981. One of the main influences on the development of House music).  [youtube]http://youtube.com/watch?v=dLIfCdy5Apg[/youtube]  The Hall of Mirrors - Kraftwerk  [youtube]http://youtube.com/watch?v=mj09GkBLheU&feature=related[/youtube]