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  2. List of murdered hip-hop musicians - Wikipedia

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    Bad News Brown: February 11, 2011 33 Montreal, Quebec, Canada Unspecified violence [47] [48] Adán Zapata: June 1, 2012 21 San Nicolás de los Garza, Mexico Shooting [49] Lil JoJo: September 4, 2012 18 Chicago, Illinois, U.S. Shooting [50] MC Daleste: July 7, 2013 20 Paulínia, Brazil Shooting [51] Lil Snupe: June 20, 2013 18 Winnfield ...

  3. Black rappers call out double standard of using hip-hop ... - AOL

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    As the high-profile criminal trial of rapper Young Thug began this week, Black rappers who have had their lyrics used against them by prosecutors as evidence

  4. Hip-hop and social injustice - Wikipedia

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    The first artists to gain popularity included Nas, A Tribe Called Quest, and Public Enemy, although the latter is often classified under Gangsta rap rather than conscious rap. Many of the most prominent figures in conscious hip hop emerged in the early 2000s in Chicago and New York, with artists like Mos Def , Lupe Fiasco , Talib Kweli , and ...

  5. List of murdered musicians - Wikipedia

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    Many musicians have been murdered during their active career. Most of the musicians had been shot or stabbed to death. Some of them have received extensive media attention, including the murder of John Lennon in 1980, the killing of Marvin Gaye in 1984, the murder of Selena in 1995, the murder of Tupac Shakur in 1996, the murder of the Notorious B.I.G. in 1997, the murder of XXXTentacion in ...

  6. Fallen Rappers And The Unsettling Truth About America - AOL

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    There’s a bittersweetness in celebrating 50 years of hip-hop when many artists don’t even make it to 50.

  7. Young Thug trial: Judge rips lawyers in YSL Rico case - AOL

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    But in numerous court filings, the rapper’s attorneys have said that he is innocent of all crimes charged in the indictment. They argue YSL is simply a record label. Young Thug, whose real name ...

  8. Why So Many Rappers, Hip Hop Artists End Up In Court - AOL

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    In recent years, many rappers — both mainstream artists and those in their mixtape era — are finding themselves in U.S. courtrooms being questioned over their lyrics, which prosecutors say are ...

  9. Big Lurch - Wikipedia

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    [11] [12] The suit charged that the labels had provided Singleton with drugs "to encourage [him] to act out in an extreme violent manner so as to make him more marketable as a 'gangsta rap' artist." [13] "Part of what makes a Gangsta Rap artist marketable is the fact that the artist is a participant in violent activities," the lawsuit claimed. [13]