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In 1991, the fatality of 15-year-old Los Angeles local LaTasha Harlins, by Oriental shop worker Quickly Ja Du, created an outcry. In LA, African-Americans snapped over their bad therapy they received while patronizing Korean-owned stores in prominently Black areas. Their temper as well as beliefs would be directed later that year by rap artist Ice on his song "Black Korea," from his sophomore solo cd Death Certificate. The track, that included verses regarding robbery Korean-owned shops and also triggering physical injury to their staff members, was emphatically opposed by members of the Korean-American area, that 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 protest songs. Freedom of expression has been a right that rap musicians have been fighting for as long hip-hop has been about.
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