Baltimore Afro-American, December 2nd, 1995
Ursula V. Battle Baltimore Afro-American 12-02-1995 About Gangsta Rap.
The few things about gangsta rap that just about everyone agrees on are that much of it contains the graphic, and often vulgar language of the street; it constantly extols violence as a way of settling problems, whether they be with the police or the boys in the next hood; and it subjects Black women to consistent character assassination by referring to them in the most demeaning of terms.
From this point on, opinions diverge rapidly with some people calling for its complete banning, at least from the radio airways, whi...
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