... with Tupac and B.I.G. both dead, killed by gunshot wounds. In "Bang: Guns, Rap, and Silence" written Jay Nordlinger for the National Review he mentions another recent hip-hop headliner. Puff Daddy, a foremost representative of hip-hop music, recently had a run in with the law following a shootout in a New York ... subsequently charged with illegal weapons possession and bribery"(620). Nordlinger states that "A lot of people were interested in the Sean Combs trial: fans of rap music; celebrity-watchers; connoisseurs of popular culture"(619). These are only a couple examples of how the me...

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