How would you characterize his/her/their music? Has the artist discussed his/her/their relationship to the whiteness of rock?

By the late 1960s, rock had become a genre almost totally dominated by white artists. Consider the following non-white rock artists:

Carlos Santana
Joan Armatrading
Living Colour

Choose one artist and briefly discuss their biography and career. How would you characterize his/her/their music? Has the artist discussed his/her/their relationship to the whiteness of rock?