... The Los Angeles Times on the Web, notes that the Medellin cartel began to be portrayed throughout various forms of entertainment (Pastranda). Many films and rap artist productions capitalize on the story of Pablo Escobar, but despite his horrific actions, the majority of the time he is given an alluring appeal ... to distinguish the underlying motif of the horrors of drugs and violence in these movies. Another example of his influence in entertainment is in Mafioso rap, where artists portray issues like drugs and violence firsthand, though they never experienced these issues; they use the...

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... murder of law enforcement officials (Everett 47). What is the difference between the two songs? I don't think that the fact that Clapton was primarily a blues artist while Body Count was a rap-metal fusion was the big issue. What it really comes down to is Clapton was white and Ice-T was black (the other members of Body Count, who were primarily white ... ...

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... becoming very cynical of the criminal justice system. A famous African American rapper, Tu-Pac Shecure, shows the way he feels about how the war on drugs targets minorities through his rap,we have a war on drugs so the police can bother me." This is the belief of many minorities that are filling the prisons across the country for drug offenses. Explaining ... ...

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