anti-gangsta rap organizing

Anti Gangster Rap Music Billboards Planned Nationally.

Had enough of the Negative Rap Music!

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Hat tip: Democrat and Chronicle.com

Leaders in Rochester, N.Y are taking action against negative rap music. They have been waging a campaign against the violence and misogyny in gangsta rap for more than two years now.

For the third straight year, the Democrat and Chronicle Editorial Board is continuing its campaign to rescue hip-hop from its gangsta rap hijackers.

James F. Lawrence Editor, Editorial Page, at the Democrat and Chronicle newspaper in Rochester, N.Y. says; “Let’s be clear: We’re not against hip hop, the uniquely urban America musical genre that has gained worldwide popularity. We deplore the way that entertainment executives have thrust gangsta rap and its vileness on pop culture and impressionable young minds.”

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Stepping up to toss out musical trash

By Gaynelle Wethers, director, Multicultural Affairs, Nazareth College.

Teach youths to use music’s power for good

By George Moses, project director, North East Area Development’s Freedom School in Rochester.

Black artists mustn’t insult black community

By Pastor George F. Nicholas of Grace United Methodist Church

Connect with kids: Put hip-hop studies on school agenda

By Dennis Moriarty of Honeoye Falls, member, board of trustees, Visual Studies Workshop in Rochester.

Raunchy rap still pollutes music

Record firms continue to push offensive gangsta rap, and this practice is all about corporate and individual wealth.

Jazzed about rescuing hip-hop from hijackers

The music that’s being celebrated this week at the Rochester International Jazz Festival has much in common with hip-hop.

Remixing rap from lethal to life-giving

Freedom School participants take negative lyrics of rap songs and rework them to send positive messages.

Do violent lyrics egg on listener to do wrong?

Teen listeners share their thoughts about the influence of negative gangsta rap lyrics on kids their age.

Educate, empower youth to tune out bad vibes

Cultivate in young people the intelligence and desire to turn away from the negative imagery and ideas the media so willingly dispenses.

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