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In 1991, the death of 15-year-old Los Angeles local LaTasha Harlins, through Korean store employee Quickly Ja Du, created an outcry. In LA, African-Americans lashed out over their bad treatment they received while buying Korean-owned shops in plainly Black areas. Their rage and beliefs would be carried later that year by rap artist Ice Cube on his track "Black Korea," from his student solo album Death Certificate. The tune, that included lyrics regarding looting Korean-owned shops and also causing physical injury to their workers, was vehemently opposed by participants of the Korean-American neighborhood, who spoke out against Cube's unsupported claims. However, the verses would certainly remain uncensored or edited, earning its location in the pantheon of sociopolitical objection songs. Freedom of expression has been a right that rap artists have been defending as long hip-hop has been about.
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