Like most Americans, black people like making money. However, it's often harder for black people to make money than it is for other Americans (i.e white people), so they must resort to hustling.
"Hustling" (also referred to often as "grinding") is a general term that refers to making money in what can be considered non-traditional ways. In general, hustling is purely entrepreneurial in nature, and may or may not be illegal. Popular examples of hustling include running a beauty salon or barbershop from your home, becoming a rapper or record producer, or selling bootlegged dvds and cds. Black people need to hustle, mainly due to their tendency to buy things they can't afford.
You should note that this use of the word "hustling" is different from 'hustling' someone in a sport or game, which refers to disguising your skill in hopes of convincing someone to bet money that they can beat you. However, hustling people may very well be a black person's financial hustle.
This is not to say that black people don't have jobs. On the contrary, black people generally have jobs, but the job is also supplemented by what is often referred to as a "side-hustle". The side-hustle may be legitimate and remarkable, such as a online small business start-up. On the other hand, it may be shady or illegal such as the sale of marijuana to local high school kids.
In any case it is well documented in many hiphop songs that black people are fond of and good at starting and implementing effective hustles.
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