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Notorious B.I.G.
The Ballot or the BeefBusted Headphones[14 March 2008] by Quentin B. HuffIt's possible that hip-hop and the US government have been engaged in the longest running beef of all, from the infamous FBI letter sent to NWA in 1998 to the Congressional Hearings in 2007 seeking to investigate hip-hop lyrics.
Busted Headphones
Truth in HumorQuentin B. Huff11.Jul.08 The second season of The Boondocks tackles issues that are important to the hip-hop community with contributions from numerous hip-hop artists. Boondocks Response Syndrome explains why we react to this series the way we do. 
Daytime TV Goes Gangsta with Snoop DoggQuentin B. Huff26.Jun.08 Hip-hop's top dog touches down in soap opera territory for two days of music and melodrama. 
Mama Said Knock You Out: Hip-Hop & the Family UnitQuentin B. Huff16.May.08 There are four hip-hop rules for families. One: Fathers, take care of your children and their mothers. Two: Don't talk about other people's mamas. Three: Be good to your own mother. Four: Repeat as necessary.
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Nice article.
Really, if the situation is so bad that somebody can be driven to murder by a rap song, the government has much bigger problems to deal with than whether or not to censor art.
At least politicians are starting to realize now that if they attack art for the viewpoints it expresses, they’re the ones who come off looking silly.
A more accurate statement for Kanye would have been “George Bush doesn’t care about poor people”. It just so happens, the specific poor people in question in New Orleans were mostly black. He cares about rich black people just fine.
Comment by Chris — March 16, 2008 @ 12:48 pm