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I think you are more likely correct about this, rather than paranoid. I have also found it suspicious, just who gets killed. The obvious case is John Lennon. It is indeed a battle to get conscious music onto the airwaves and to a larger audience. Queen Latifa did a rap video about that, calling out the males for being misogynist pigs. One of my 5th-grade students once had me listen to a rap tape, and it was disgusting... glorifying rape, really vile stuff. I said you better not be treating girls like that! He said, oh no, teacher, it's just music, I don't act like that. Good I hope not. Damn! You say good things, we're arguing over the Olmecs and Maya, but you're cool. It's just an academic disagreement. I think you're correct in suspecting the motives of industry execs. There's an old dramatic play from the late 40s or early 50s, called "USA" by John Dos Passos, in which he has corporate execs all collaborating to control the population through advertising... putting not only "buy this" messages, but also sociocultural programming in the ads. I do believe they engage in elaborate attempts to control popular thinking; that's how much they fear the people.

On cue and as expected,😁 while I do not disagree with your sentiment, there's no shortage of AfroAmerican talent. You'll find a whole lot of AfroAmerican talent in black churches, performing arts schools, colleges and universities all over this country. Unfortunately, you will not find the best of AfroAmerican talent on the radio or music videos. Those outlets are designed to sell the McDonald's equivalent of music. There's a reason Jazz lost it's popularity. Not because it's unsophisticated music. To the contrary, one has to be talented in order to play Jazz at a high level. The reality is Jazz doesn't sell well. Any type of music or art in general that requires the listener to pay attention is usually an acquired taste. OTOH, simpler art is easier to consume whether it's music, movies, plays, paintings, etc. Commercial music has been dumbed down for many years. But, that doesn't negate the fact that plenty higher quality music is still being composed, written and produced. You just have to look harder for it. As long as AfroAmericans rely on White folks to finance, market and promote their music, rest assured they're going to invest in the trash that sells and makes the most money. 😎

To initially underestimate how dangerous a threat Trump's supporters are before their behavior became so extreme that the situation had to be re-assessed, is not a case of "speaking with a forked tongue".