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In 1991, the death of 15-year-old Los Angeles homeowner LaTasha Harlins, through Oriental shop worker Soon Ja Du, triggered an uproar. In LA, African-Americans snapped over their bad treatment they obtained while patronizing Korean-owned stores in prominently Black communities. Their anger and sentiments would be directed later on that year by rap artist Ice on his tune "Black Korea," from his sophomore solo cd Death Certification. The song, that included verses regarding looting Korean-owned shops as well as causing bodily injury to their employees, was vehemently opposed by members of the Korean-American area, who spoke out versus Cube's rhetoric. Nonetheless, the verses would certainly stay uncensored or modified, making its place in the pantheon of sociopolitical objection music. Freedom of speech has been a right that rap artists have been defending as lengthy hip-hop has actually been about.
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