What is "black music"?

Truth is, long after the days of Jimi Hendrix, groups of black folk who play rock and roll or punk music exclusively get special attention and trigger a bit of surprise because that is unusual to find on a national level. A former MTV journalist with an exceptionally broad range of musical tastes, Farai Chideya's new novel 'Kiss the Sky' takes you backstage through the lens of a black, alternative/punk rock songstress Sophie Clare Lee:

Sophie Clare Lee isn't your typical rock star. A smart black girl straight out of blue-collar Baltimore who plunged into the privileged Ivy League pool of Harvard, Sophie invented her own brand of cool, becoming lead vocalist of a successful indie rock band, Sky. Source: Press Release, Atria Books