[Mb-civic] NYTimes.com: How Hip-Hop Music Lost Its Way and Betrayed Its Fans

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OPINION | May 12, 2005

Editorial Observer: How Hip-Hop Music Lost Its Way and Betrayed Its Fans
By BRENT STAPLES

Rap music, which started out with a broad palette of themes, has increasingly evolved into a medium for worshiping misogyny, materialism and murder.

http://www.nytimes.com/2005/05/12/opinion/12thu4.html?ex=1116561600&en=849e52551a8561e5&ei=5070




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