Answer:
No
Explanation:
I am a digital artist and my dream is to become a Comic Artist. There are some painters that I saw that they do digital and traditional and work as a illustrator. Some You-tubers don't even draw good and they still make a living.
If you are referring to during the time of slavery, up north there was no slavery and they were free. If you are referring to during the civil Rights movement, African Americans faced less discrimination up north and no Jim Crow laws.
Companies usually like this reach out to you if you want to get signed up with them. You have to release songs and get recognized. Based on your talent and singing or rapping rate is how you get in.