... (AP Wire, December 5). Sales were solid for Bad Boy in 1995 and 1996, however 1997 was the year that the tiger was let loose on the hip-hop scene, and it has never been the same since. The year started off in March with what seemed to be a disaster. Chris Wallace a.k.a. "The ... the trial did not represent the first time a rap star had had a highly publicized brush with the law. As head of the New York-based hip-hop empire, Bad Boy Entertainment, Combs himself had been a figure in the East Coast-vs. -West Coast feuds that allegedly led to the deaths of rappers ... school was shot up, t...

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... and sell records. Another important aspect of this argument that we must analyze is how all of this violence is affecting our society. Hip-hop artists have bad reputations mostly due to the violence that seems to follow them around. I believe the reason for this is the media ... 's constant extreme focus on rap stars and their subsequent violent behaviors. The biggest story to date in the hip-hop world was the feud that went on between the east coast rappers and west coast rappers. The assumed leaders were Tupac Shakur representing the ... dead, killed by gunshot wounds. In "Bang: Guns...

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