Clearing the Airwaves; Milwaukee Activists Hope to Open National Dialogue On Effects of Violent, Explicit Rap Lyrics
The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel › January 23, 2006
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Inspired by the Millions More Movement, a group of community activists in Milwaukee is appealing to the multibillion-dollar rap industry to stop producing the violent and sexually loaded lyrics and videos that have made hip-hop the avant-garde of popular culture.
In a national appeal addressed to no one in particular among the music's mega-stars but mailed this month to the nation's major newspapers, the group's "Open Letter to the Hip-Hop/Rap Community" is an attempt to prick the collective conscience of the rap community, said Ron Johnson, one of 10 group members who signed the appeal.See the full content of this document
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Clearing the Airwaves; Milwaukee Activists Hope to Open National Dialogue On Effects of Violent, Explicit Rap Lyrics
The letter is not an attempt to condemn the entire hip-hop nation, said Johnson and Tyrone Dumas, another member upset by rap's negative influence on youths. Rather, it is directed to those whose violent and misogynistic lyrics ha...
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