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vast majority of them didn't
at that time around half of whites were still afraid of rap thinking it was going to make kids into violent thugs and join gangs if they listened to it, and even amongst teens and young adults it was odd
most whites didn't even bother with rap, and if they did they went with "safer" options that wasn't associated with "thugs"
even nowadays there is some resemblance of that, the fact that Tyler the Creator fanbase is mostly white proves this