[Gene Eric]

Thin Lizzy

[Tired of Taxes]

My first thought was Thin Lizzy, too. Lead vocalist Phil Lynott was a black Irishman, and nobody cared back then:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=At_rPiCCnpY

He had trouble at a school in England, so his mother sent him to live with his grandparents in Dublin where he had a happy childhood and was popular at school:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phil_Lynott