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In 1991, the death of 15-year-old Los Angeles citizen LaTasha Harlins, by Korean store worker Soon Ja Du, triggered an uproar. In LA, African-Americans snapped over their bad therapy they received while buying Korean-owned stores in plainly Black neighborhoods. Their temper and beliefs would be directed later that year by rap artist Ice Cube on his track "Black Korea," from his sophomore solo album Fatality Certification. The tune, that included lyrics regarding looting Korean-owned shops as well as creating bodily injury to their workers, was vehemently opposed by participants of the Korean-American community, that spoke out versus Dice's rhetoric. However, the lyrics would remain uncensored or edited, earning its area in the pantheon of sociopolitical objection music. Free speech has actually been a right that rap artists have been defending as lengthy hip-hop has been around.
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