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In 1991, the death of 15-year-old Los Angeles homeowner LaTasha Harlins, by Oriental store staff member Soon Ja Du, created an uproar. In LA, African-Americans snapped over their inadequate therapy they obtained while buying from Korean-owned shops in prominently Black neighborhoods. Their anger as well as views would certainly be funnelled later that year by rapper Ice Cube on his song "Black Korea," from his student solo cd Death Certification. The song, that included verses about robbery Korean-owned stores as well as causing bodily injury to their employees, was emphatically opposed by participants of the Korean-American community, who spoke up versus Dice's unsupported claims. Nonetheless, the verses would continue to be uncensored or edited, making its area in the pantheon of sociopolitical demonstration songs. Freedom of speech has been a right that rap artists have been fighting for as lengthy hip-hop has been about.
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