... press. The cultural majority in America is up in arms over the rising levels of violence and horrific images that are portrayed in these hard core rap songs. "This style developed in Los Angeles in 1987, partly in response to drug-related news stories that represented, at least for many African ... American communities, a one-sided portrait of life in urban America" (Campbell, 94). Support of this rap form by teens grew in 1996 when Tupac Shakur was killed and even more in 1997 with the murder of Christopher Wallace a.k.a. Biggie Smalls (Notorious ... and keep the peace between gang mem...

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