Yes, there is a causative link between the two - did you go to school? Did they teach history? And your reference to rappers - all of whom I hate - is a pathetic distraction - since they are talking to each other on airwaves, not standing outside a defenceless man’s home with guns and a rope.
Sorry, I’m not buying into your white guilt, so you can stop trying to sell it.
Wrench yourself out of the past, if you can stop bleeding long enough, wake up, and educate yourself to today’s racial realities.