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In 1991, the death of 15-year-old Los Angeles homeowner LaTasha Harlins, by Oriental shop worker Quickly Ja Du, created an outcry. In LA, African-Americans snapped over their inadequate treatment they received while patronizing Korean-owned shops in plainly Black neighborhoods. Their rage and also views would be transported later that year by rap artist Ice Cube on his tune "Black Korea," from his student solo cd Death Certificate. The tune, which included lyrics regarding robbery Korean-owned shops as well as triggering bodily injury to their workers, was vehemently opposed by members of the Korean-American area, who spoke up against Cube's rhetoric. Nonetheless, the lyrics would certainly continue to be uncensored or edited, gaining its place in the pantheon of sociopolitical objection music. Free speech has actually been a right that rap artists have actually been defending as lengthy hip-hop has actually been around.
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