It is important to note the history of Hip-hop as an original American music, more specifically, as an original African-American music that became mainstream American popular culture. African-American music also had its own history of white appropriation that continuously re-occurs as a form of racial discrimination and a promoter of social inequality. White appropriation of black music can be dated all the way to the time period in which minstrel shows were on the rise. Minstrel shows were musical acts performed by white performers involving various skits and performances depicting negative conceptions of black people. 'Blackface', the term that was used to identify the white performers who donned black face paint to characterize black people were highly prevalent during that time period. In the documentary, "Blacking Up: Hip-hop's remix of race and identity", a highly popular Blackface actor, Al Jolson, assumed the role of a black man and performed exaggerated stereotyped roles and actions degrading the image of blacks and this was seen as an entertainment norm at the time. This is an example of negative white participation that promotes social inequality because when these types of shows are seen by the public eye, the perception on blacks that audiences obtain creates a symbolic interaction in which audiences get the meaning that black people are deemed inferior and this solidifies the idea of white dominance as the status quo. Furthermore, we can see the trend of white appropriation of black music throughout the next generations of black inspired music: Jazz, Rock and Roll, and eventually, Hip-hop. Key examples of white appropriation can be seen through the impacts of music legends Elvis Presley and The Rolling Stones. Elvis Presley and The Rolling Stones were said to have appropriated the black cultural expression, much like how Al Jolson appropriated the 'Blackface' moniker (DeLuca, 2002).