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In 1991, the fatality of 15-year-old Los Angeles resident LaTasha Harlins, at the hands of Korean shop employee Quickly Ja Du, caused an outcry. In LA, African-Americans lashed out over their inadequate treatment they received while buying from Korean-owned stores in prominently Black areas. Their rage and also sentiments would certainly be carried later on that year by rap artist Ice Cube on his track "Black Korea," from his sophomore solo cd Death Certification. The tune, that included lyrics about robbery Korean-owned shops as well as causing physical injury to their workers, was vehemently opposed by participants of the Korean-American neighborhood, who spoke up against Dice's rhetoric. However, the verses would remain uncensored or modified, gaining its location in the pantheon of sociopolitical protest music. Freedom of speech has been a right that rap musicians have been fighting for as lengthy hip-hop has been about.
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