Biggie and Tupac | 4. Against Those Thugs
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Gangster Rap Is a Cause and Not an Effect
Gangster rap has become incredibly popular and profitable by selling lyrics about black on black violence to a young, main stream audience that wouldn't dream of going anywhere near a ghetto. O m t v, raps was the network's highest rated show. The al times described rap as a 700 million dollar a year business. Rap is essentially art form, but it's a gold mine for white recording companies,. artists say encourage the hard cor lyrics because they sell. And surprisingly, 70 % of rat music is bought by white young people. Igad, this is butan clan. Tisa snoop dog hovis. That's real popular. I think it's a way of reb
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