They are.
And then you can't line up someone like Fat joe, who has black features, grew up in black/hip hop culture, from the bronx, is puerto rican, with the likes of "J.Cole" who's literally half white, half black...he isn't necessarily one of us, just conveniently.
Fat joe isn't "half white", nor is "big pun"...they're amongst black people, and it's simple as that.It's always been that way.
They're not in the same category, and people would laugh to see that you're trying to accuse them appropriating something that they basically lived and breathed throughout their entire lives. J cole, is conveniently black.