Gwyneth Paltrow's father Bruce, was the executive producer of the show The White Shadow with Ken Howard. It was the first show to ever take on the subject of IR dating and featured a kiss between one of the black players and a white girl. Gwyneth had been around black culture at an early age. She hung around the set and got to know all the actors. As she got older, she got into hip-hop and is still a fan to this very day.