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In 1991, the death of 15-year-old Los Angeles citizen LaTasha Harlins, by Oriental shop worker Soon Ja Du, caused an outcry. In LA, African-Americans snapped over their inadequate therapy they got while buying Korean-owned stores in prominently Black communities. Their rage and also views would be funnelled later that year by rap artist Ice on his song "Black Korea," from his sophomore solo album Fatality Certificate. The track, which included lyrics concerning robbery Korean-owned stores and also creating bodily injury to their staff members, was emphatically opposed by participants of the Korean-American neighborhood, who spoke up versus Dice's unsupported claims. Nonetheless, the verses would certainly remain uncensored or edited, earning its area in the pantheon of sociopolitical demonstration songs. Free speech has actually been a right that rap musicians have been fighting for as long hip-hop has been about.
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