Posted on 10/07/2022 7:00:23 AM PDT by Oldeconomybuyer
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 fatally stabbed in 2021, and Grammy-nominated rapper Nipsey Hussle also fatally shot in 2019 in Los Angeles, there has been some conversation on whether cities with a prevalent gang presence have become a dangerous place for those directly involved in the hip-hop community. Earlier this year, legendary emcee-turned-actor Ice-T issued a warning to “young rappers” who were coming to Los Angeles for Super Bowl-related festivities.
But experts say the problem is much more complex than that. Elaine Richardson, a professor at Ohio State University who specializes in African American cultures, literacy and hip-hop, said it’s important to prioritize systemic issues when we discuss the killings of rappers.
“It’s a reflection of the problem of gun violence in the larger society, and violence in general in America. You have to think critically about oppression and the larger context we live in,” she said.
Gun violence is “a part of the condition of Black people in society, everything that is dangerous and harmful to the larger society. There’s always going to be a disparity in our communities. It’s all systemic, it’s a part of the way society is structured,” Richardson added.
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His name was “Latauriisha.” I’d go by 1/2 Ounce too.
Too Funny!, experts thinks it’s a problem, normal people think they should continue killing themselves, maybe even step up their game to 1 a month...
***with at least one rapper being fatally shot every year since 2018.***
Say what? Here is a list that has not been updated since 2020.
https://raptology.com/list-of-murdered-hip-hop-musicians/
If they kill all the rappers, then there will never be any more innovations and evolutions in rap music like we have witnessed since the 70 and 80s. It is soooo much different now after a half century.
“I shot a man in Reno just to watch him die.”
It is a shame they keep getting murdered.
Maybe it’s about a culture that glorifies violence, banging Ho’s and crime ... for while they may be rare but I don’t see Christian “rappers” getting shot in numbers, relatively speaking.
As if things are wonderful in the all negro Central African Republic…
Just more excuse making
Chicago must be infested with rappers huh.
THAT’S A WRAP!...........................😉
Rap on, brother, rap on!
***Gun violence is “a part of the condition of Black people in society***
Maybe there was a reason Judge Taney of the SCOTUS, in 1857 declared free blacks were not citizens of the US. If they were, he stated, one of the rights they would have was “To keep and carry arms wherever they went.”—Dred Scott Decision
Stopped reading, right there.
That’s either Barbra Hershey or Jacqueline (”Where’s Jackie?”) Bisset.
<< “You have to think critically about oppression and the larger context we live in,” she said. >>
So blacks killing their own kind on a massive scale nationwide is the fault of, you guessed it, ….whitey.
That's meaningless word salad. It's every parent's responsibility to teach their children about the sanctity of life, and respect for it. It's every parent's responsibility to make sure their children get an education and learn to make their way in the world. If you cede this responsibility to some nebulous thing called 'society', and 'societal structure', your child will suffer the consequences - and so will the people who your child might hurt in the world.
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