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  • Killings of rappers are more than just a hip-hop problem, experts say

    10/07/2022 7:00:23 AM PDT · by Oldeconomybuyer · 87 replies
    NBC News / Comcast ^ | October 6, 2022 | By Char Adams
    The fatal shooting of rapper Half Ounce has ignited a familiar conversation about gun violence, rap culture and whether there’s a responsibility for record labels to protect their artists. The 32-year-old rapper, whose real name was Latauriisha O’Brien, was killed in Los Angeles’ Koreatown neighborhood Monday, just weeks after rapper PnB Rock was fatally shot during a robbery in the same city. These rappers are part of a string of artists who have died by gun violence, with at least one rapper being fatally shot every year since 2018. With other high-profile rappers such as Drakeo the Ruler, who was...
  • A year later, protesters injured by police are still trying to heal

    11/20/2021 8:20:16 AM PST · by Oldeconomybuyer · 41 replies
    NBC News / Comcast ^ | November 19, 2021 | By Char Adams
    Protesters filled streets around the world after George Floyd’s killing. For some, the scars of that summer run deep. Rickia Young, a 29-year-old nurse’s aide, clearly remembers the moment police officers swarmed her car in West Philadelphia last year. She heard one window shatter, then another. Not only was she worried for her own safety, but Young said she feared for her toddler son’s life. Young is among many Americans who say they were severely injured by police in the turbulent months after George Floyd’s death on Memorial Day 2020. Amid what has been called the broadest protests in U.S....