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Political hip hop

Index Political hip hop

Political hip hop is a subgenre of hip hop music that was developed in the 1980s as a way of turning rap music into a call for action and a form of social activism. [1]

211 relations: Activism, Afrocentrism, Akala (rapper), AmeriKKKa's Most Wanted, Ana Tijoux, Anarchism, Anti-racism, Anti-Zionism, Assassins, B.O.B (song), Bernie Sanders, Beyoncé, Big Boi, Big Daddy Kane, Billy Paul, Black nationalism, Black Panther Party, Black Power movement, Black Steel in the Hour of Chaos, Bob Marley, Bocafloja, Boogie Down Productions, British hip hop, By All Means Necessary, Calle 13 (band), Canserbero, Colonialism, Common (rapper), Common discography, Communism, Coolio, Crime, Criminal Minded, Da Lench Mob, Dan Quayle, Dead Prez, Death Certificate (album), Donald Glover, Donald Trump, Economy, Elefant Traks, Emcee Lynx, Eminem, Extended play, Facção Central, Fight the Power (Public Enemy song), Five-Percent Nation, Fox News, France, Fuck tha Police, ..., Funk, Game Theory (album), Gangsta rap, Gangsta Rap Made Me Do It, Gangsta's Paradise, Genre, Geto Boys, Gil Scott-Heron, Glenn Beck, Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five, Grime (music genre), Guerillas in tha Mist, Hard Times (Run–D.M.C. song), Hillary Clinton, Hip hop, Hip hop music, Hip hop production, Hip-hop feminism, Hopsin, Horrorshow (band), Ice Cube, Ice-T, Iceberg Slim, Illuminati, Immortal Technique, Imprisonment, Interscope Records, Iraq War, Islam, Israeli–Palestinian conflict, J. Cole, James Brown, Jay-Z, Jazz, Jedi Mind Tricks, Jeremy Corbyn, Jihadism and hip-hop, Jme (MC), Kanye West, Kendrick Lamar, Kendrick Lamar discography, Kery James, Kill at Will, Killer Mike, KRS-One, KRS-One discography, Kurtis Blow, L-FRESH the Lion, La Rumeur, Labour Party (UK), Laugh Now, Cry Later, Leader of the Opposition (United Kingdom), Liberation theology, Libertarianism, Like Toy Soldiers, List of political hip hop artists, Logic, Logic discography, Lowkey, Lupe Fiasco, Lupe Fiasco discography, Mac Miller, Macklemore & Ryan Lewis, Mahatma Gandhi, Main Source, Manny Phesto, Marco Rubio, Marcus Garvey, Marxism, Marxism–Leninism–Maoism, Médine (rapper), MC Lyte, Mike Huckabee, Mos Def, N.W.A, Nation of Islam, Nelson Mandela, New World Order (conspiracy theory), Night of the Living Baseheads, O.G. Original Gangster, Olmeca, Organized religion, Outkast, P.O.S (rapper), Paris (rapper), Party Music, Police brutality, Political apathy, Political hip hop, Prison–industrial complex, Professor D, Protest song, Psycho Realm, Public Enemy (band), Public Enemy discography, Racionais MC's, Rap metal, Rapping, Raw Footage, Rebel Diaz, Rebel Without a Pause, Religion, Republican Party (United States), Rising Down, Riz Ahmed, Rocé, Ron Paul, Ronald Reagan, Run-DMC, Same Love, Satanism, Saul Williams, September 11 attacks, Social democracy, Sole (hip hop artist), Soul music, Straight Outta Compton, Subliminal (rapper), Suprême NTM, Talib Kweli, Talib Kweli discography, The Black Eyed Peas, The Bomb Squad, The Coup, The Dope Poet Society, The Game (rapper), The Herd (Australian band), The Iceberg/Freedom of Speech... Just Watch What You Say!, The Iron Sheik, The Last Poets, The Life of Pablo, The Message (Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five song), The Predator (Ice Cube album), The Roots, The Roots discography, The Washington Post, Things Fall Apart (album), This Is America (song), Tohil, Tupac Shakur, Tupac Shakur discography, Underclass, Underground music, Undun, Unemployment, United Kingdom general election, 2017, Urthboy, Vice President of the United States, Violence, War on drugs, Where Is the Love?, White America (song), Whodini, World Trade Center (1973–2001), World view, X Clan, Zack de la Rocha, Zionism, ...And Then You Shoot Your Cousin, 1992 Los Angeles riots, 911 Is a Joke. Expand index (161 more) »

Activism

Activism consists of efforts to promote, impede, or direct social, political, economic, or environmental reform or stasis with the desire to make improvements in society.

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Afrocentrism

Afrocentrism (also Afrocentricity) is an approach to the study of world history that focuses on the history of people of recent African descent.

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Akala (rapper)

Kingslee James Daley (born 1 December 1983), better known by the stage name Akala, is an English rapper, poet, and political activist.

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AmeriKKKa's Most Wanted

AmeriKKKa's Most Wanted is the debut studio album by American rapper Ice Cube.

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Ana Tijoux

Ana María Merino Tijoux, commonly known by her stage name Ana Tijoux or Anita Tijoux, is a French-Chilean musician.

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Anarchism

Anarchism is a political philosophy that advocates self-governed societies based on voluntary institutions.

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Anti-racism

Anti-racism includes beliefs, actions, movements, and policies adopted or developed to oppose racism.

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Anti-Zionism

Anti-Zionism is opposition to Zionism.

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Assassins

Order of Assassins or simply Assassins (أساسين asāsīn, حشاشین Hashâshīn) is the common name used to refer to an Islamic sect formally known as the Nizari Ismailis.

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B.O.B (song)

"B.O.B" ("Bombs Over Baghdad") is a song by American rap duo OutKast from their fourth studio album Stankonia (2000).

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Bernie Sanders

Bernard Sanders (born September 8, 1941) is an American politician serving as the junior United States Senator from Vermont since 2007.

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Beyoncé

Beyoncé Giselle Knowles-Carter (born September 4, 1981) is an American singer, songwriter, dancer, actress, and businesswoman.

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Big Boi

Antwan André Patton (born February 1, 1975), better known by his stage name Big Boi, is an American rapper, songwriter, actor and record producer, best known for being a member of American hip hop duo Outkast alongside André 3000.

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Big Daddy Kane

Antonio Hardy (born September 10, 1968), better known by his stage name Big Daddy Kane, is a Grammy Award-winning American rapper and actor who started his career in 1986 as a member of the rap collective the Juice Crew.

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Billy Paul

Paul Williams (December 1, 1934 – April 24, 2016), known professionally as Billy Paul, was a Grammy Award-winning American soul singer, known for his 1972 #1 single, "Me and Mrs. Jones", as well as the 1973 album and single "War of the Gods" which blends his more conventional pop, soul, and funk styles with electronic and psychedelic influences.

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Black nationalism

Black nationalism is a type of nationalism which espouses the belief that black people are a nation and seeks to develop and maintain a black identity.

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Black Panther Party

The Black Panther Party or the BPP (originally the Black Panther Party for Self-Defense) was a political organization founded by Bobby Seale and Huey Newton in October 1966.

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Black Power movement

The Black Power movement was a political movement that intended to achieve Black Power.

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Black Steel in the Hour of Chaos

"Black Steel in the Hour of Chaos" is a 1989 song by the American hip hop group Public Enemy from their second album, It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back.

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Bob Marley

Robert Nesta Marley, OM (6 February 1945 – 11 May 1981) was a Jamaican singer-songwriter who became an international musical and cultural icon, blending mostly reggae, ska, and rocksteady in his compositions.

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Bocafloja

Aldo Villegas (born 12 July 1978), better known by his stage name Bocafloja, is a rapper, poet, spoken word artist, and outspoken social communicator from Mexico City, Mexico.

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Boogie Down Productions

Boogie Down Productions was a hip hop group, originally composed of KRS-One, D-Nice, and DJ Scott La Rock.

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British hip hop

British hip hop is a genre of music, and a culture that covers a variety of styles of hip hop music made in the United Kingdom.

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By All Means Necessary

By All Means Necessary is the second album from American hip hop group Boogie Down Productions, released on May 31, 1988 on Jive Records.

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Calle 13 (band)

Calle 13 is a Puerto Rican band formed by stepbrothers René Pérez Joglar (born February 23, 1978 in Hato Rey) who calls himself Residente (lead singer, songwriter) and Eduardo José Cabra Martínez (born September 10, 1978 in Santurce), who calls himself Visitante (multi-instrumentalist, vocalist, beat producer) and their half-sister Ileana Cabra Joglar aka PG-13 or recently ILE (backing vocals).

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Canserbero

Tirone José González Orama (March 11, 1988 – January 20, 2015) known by his stage name Canserbero, was a Venezuelan rapper and songwriter from Caracas.

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Colonialism

Colonialism is the policy of a polity seeking to extend or retain its authority over other people or territories, generally with the aim of developing or exploiting them to the benefit of the colonizing country and of helping the colonies modernize in terms defined by the colonizers, especially in economics, religion and health.

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Common (rapper)

Lonnie Rashid Lynn Jr. (born March 13, 1972), better known by his stage name Common (formerly Common Sense), is an American rapper, actor, poet, and film producer.

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Common discography

The discography of Common, an American hip hop recording artist, consists of eleven studio albums, two compilation albums, forty-nine singles (including fifteen as a featured artist) and twenty-nine music videos.

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Communism

In political and social sciences, communism (from Latin communis, "common, universal") is the philosophical, social, political, and economic ideology and movement whose ultimate goal is the establishment of the communist society, which is a socioeconomic order structured upon the common ownership of the means of production and the absence of social classes, money and the state.

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Coolio

Artis Leon Ivey Jr. (born August 1, 1963), known professionally as Coolio, is an American rapper, actor, chef, and record producer.

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Crime

In ordinary language, a crime is an unlawful act punishable by a state or other authority.

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Criminal Minded

Criminal Minded is the debut studio album by hip hop music group Boogie Down Productions, released on March 3, 1987 by B-Boy Records.

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Da Lench Mob

Da Lench Mob was an American hip hop group from Los Angeles, California, associated with Ice Cube.

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Dan Quayle

James Danforth "Dan" Quayle (born February 4, 1947) is an American politician and lawyer who served as the 44th Vice President of the United States from 1989 to 1993.

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Dead Prez

Dead Prez, stylized as dead prez, is a hip hop duo from the United States, composed of stic.man and M-1, formed in 1996 in New York City.

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Death Certificate (album)

Death Certificate is the second studio album by American rapper Ice Cube, released on October 29, 1991 by Priority Records and EMI.

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Donald Glover

Donald McKinley Glover Jr. (born September 25, 1983) is an American actor, comedian, writer, director, record producer, singer, songwriter, rapper and DJ.

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Donald Trump

Donald John Trump (born June 14, 1946) is the 45th and current President of the United States, in office since January 20, 2017.

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Economy

An economy (from Greek οίκος – "household" and νέμoμαι – "manage") is an area of the production, distribution, or trade, and consumption of goods and services by different agents.

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Elefant Traks

Elefant Traks is a record label based in Sydney, Australia, that predominantly releases Australian hip hop music.

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Emcee Lynx

Lynx T'chass, or Emcee Lynx is an anarchist hip hop artist from the San Francisco Bay Area who achieved significant popularity and name-recognition in the West Coast hip hop and underground hip hop scenes and among anarchists and other radicals around the world.

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Eminem

Marshall Bruce Mathers III (born October 17, 1972), known professionally as Eminem (often stylized as EMINƎM), is an American rapper, songwriter, record producer, record executive, and actor.

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Extended play

An extended play record, often referred to as an EP, is a musical recording that contains more tracks than a single, but is usually unqualified as an album or LP.

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Facção Central

Facção Central is a Brazilian rap group formed in the year 1998 the new training members Dum-Dum, DJ Binho.

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Fight the Power (Public Enemy song)

"Fight the Power" is a song by American hip hop group Public Enemy, released as a single in June 1989 on Motown Records.

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Five-Percent Nation

The Five-Percent Nation, sometimes referred to as NGE or NOGE, the Nation of Gods and Earths, or the Five Percenters, is a movement founded in 1964 in the Harlem section of the borough of Manhattan, New York City, by a former member of the Nation of Islam (NOI), Clarence 13X, who was named Clarence Edward Smith at birth, and who ultimately came to be known as Allah the Father.

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Fox News

Fox News (officially known as the Fox News Channel, commonly abbreviated to FNC) is an American basic cable and satellite television news channel owned by the Fox Entertainment Group, a subsidiary of 21st Century Fox.

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France

France, officially the French Republic (République française), is a sovereign state whose territory consists of metropolitan France in Western Europe, as well as several overseas regions and territories.

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Fuck tha Police

"Fuck tha Police" is a protest song by American rap group N.W.A that appears on the album Straight Outta Compton as well as on the ''N.W.A's Greatest Hits'' compilation.

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Funk

Funk is a music genre that originated in African American communities in the mid-1960s when African American musicians created a rhythmic, danceable new form of music through a mixture of soul music, jazz, and rhythm and blues (R&B).

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Game Theory (album)

Game Theory is the seventh studio album by American hip hop band The Roots, released August 29, 2006, on Def Jam Recordings.

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Gangsta rap

Gangsta rap or Gangster rap is a style of hip hop characterized by themes and lyrics that generally emphasize the "gangsta" lifestyle.

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Gangsta Rap Made Me Do It

"Gangsta Rap Made Me Do It" is the first single from Ice Cube's studio album, Raw Footage.

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Gangsta's Paradise

"Gangsta's Paradise" is a song by American rapper Coolio, featuring singer L.V. The song was released on Coolio's album of the same name, as well as the soundtrack for the 1995 film Dangerous Minds.

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Genre

Genre is any form or type of communication in any mode (written, spoken, digital, artistic, etc.) with socially-agreed upon conventions developed over time.

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Geto Boys

Geto Boys (originally spelled Ghetto Boys) is an American rap group from Fifth Ward, Houston, Texas, consisting of Scarface, Bushwick Bill and Willie D. The Geto Boys have earned notoriety for their lyrics covering controversial topics such as misogyny, gore, psychotic experiences, and necrophilia.

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Gil Scott-Heron

Gilbert "Gil" Scott-Heron (April 1, 1949 – May 27, 2011) was an American soul and jazz poet,Kot, Greg (May 26, 2011).

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Glenn Beck

Glenn Lee Beck (born February 10, 1964) is an American conservative political commentator, radio host and television producer.

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Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five

Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five were an American hip hop group formed in the South Bronx of New York City in 1976.

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Grime (music genre)

Grime (also known as, Eskibeat, 8Bar, Sublow and UK Bashment) is a genre of music that emerged in London in the early 2000s.

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Guerillas in tha Mist

Guerillas in tha Mist is the debut studio album by American hip hop group Da Lench Mob, who originally appeared on Ice Cube's debut solo album, AmeriKKKa's Most Wanted.

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Hard Times (Run–D.M.C. song)

"Hard Times" is a rap song written by Jimmy Bralower, J.B. Moore, Russell Simmons, Larry Smith and William Waring originally recorded by Kurtis Blow for his 1980 eponymous debut album.

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Hillary Clinton

Hillary Diane Rodham Clinton (born October 26, 1947) is an American politician and diplomat who served as the First Lady of the United States from 1993 to 2001, U.S. Senator from New York from 2001 to 2009, 67th United States Secretary of State from 2009 to 2013, and the Democratic Party's nominee for President of the United States in the 2016 election.

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Hip hop

Hip hop, or hip-hop, is a subculture and art movement developed in the Bronx in New York City during the late 1970s.

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Hip hop music

Hip hop music, also called hip-hopMerriam-Webster Dictionary entry on hip-hop, retrieved from: A subculture especially of inner-city black youths who are typically devotees of rap music; the stylized rhythmic music that commonly accompanies rap; also rap together with this music.

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Hip hop production

Hip hop production is the creation of hip hop music in a recording studio.

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Hip-hop feminism

Hip-hop feminism is defined as young feminists born after 1964 who approach the political community with a mixture of feminist and hip-hop sensibilities.

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Hopsin

Marcus Jamal Hopson (born July 18, 1985), better known by his stage name Hopsin, is an American rapper, record producer, director and actor from Los Angeles, California.

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Horrorshow (band)

Horrorshow is an Australian hip hop duo from the Inner West area of Sydney.

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Ice Cube

O'Shea Jackson Sr. (born June 15, 1969), known professionally as Ice Cube, is an American rapper, writer and actor.

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Ice-T

Tracy Lauren Marrow (born February 16, 1958), better known by his stage name Ice-T, is an American musician, rapper, songwriter, actor, record executive, record producer, and author.

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Iceberg Slim

Robert Beck (born Robert Lee Maupin or Robert Moppins, Jr.; August 4, 1918 – April 30, 1992), better known as Iceberg Slim, was an American pimp who subsequently became an influential author among a primarily African-American readership.

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Illuminati

The Illuminati (plural of Latin illuminatus, "enlightened") is a name given to several groups, both real and fictitious.

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Immortal Technique

Felipe Andres Coronel (born February 19, 1978), better known by the stage name Immortal Technique, is a Peruvian-American hip hop recording artist and activist.

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Imprisonment

Imprisonment (from imprison Old French, French emprisonner, from en in + prison prison, from Latin prensio, arrest, from prehendere, prendere, to seize) is the restraint of a person's liberty, for any cause whatsoever, whether by authority of the government, or by a person acting without such authority.

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Interscope Records

Interscope Records is an American major record label.

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Iraq War

The Iraq WarThe conflict is also known as the War in Iraq, the Occupation of Iraq, the Second Gulf War, and Gulf War II.

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Islam

IslamThere are ten pronunciations of Islam in English, differing in whether the first or second syllable has the stress, whether the s is or, and whether the a is pronounced, or (when the stress is on the first syllable) (Merriam Webster).

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Israeli–Palestinian conflict

The Israeli–Palestinian conflict (Ha'Sikhsukh Ha'Yisraeli-Falestini; al-Niza'a al-Filastini-al-Israili) is the ongoing struggle between Israelis and Palestinians that began in the mid-20th century.

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J. Cole

Jermaine Lamarr Cole (born January 28, 1985) is an American hip hop recording artist and record producer.

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James Brown

James Joseph Brown (May 3, 1933 – December 25, 2006) was an American singer, songwriter, dancer, musician, record producer and bandleader.

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Jay-Z

Shawn Corey Carter (born December 4, 1969) known professionally as Jay-Z (stylized JAY-Z), is an American rapper, songwriter, record producer, and entrepreneur.

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Jazz

Jazz is a music genre that originated in the African-American communities of New Orleans, United States, in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, and developed from roots in blues and ragtime.

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Jedi Mind Tricks

Jedi Mind Tricks (JMT) is an underground hip hop group from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, founded by two high school friends, rapper Vinnie Paz (Vincenzo Luvineri) and producer Stoupe the Enemy of Mankind (Kevin Baldwin).

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Jeremy Corbyn

Jeremy Bernard Corbyn (born 26 May 1949).

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Jihadism and hip-hop

While many Islamist jihadists view hip-hop negatively, due to its Western origins, there have also been examples of hip-hop songs with pro-jihadist lyrics, and of jihadists embracing hip-hop and gangsta culture as a way of attracting Westerners to join their organizations.

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Jme (MC)

Jamie Adenuga (born 4 May 1985), better known by his stage name Jme, is an English grime MC.

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Kanye West

Kanye Omari West (born June 8, 1977) is an American rapper, singer, songwriter, record producer, entrepreneur and fashion designer.

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Kendrick Lamar

Kendrick Lamar Duckworth (born June 17, 1987) is an American rapper, singer, songwriter, and record producer.

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Kendrick Lamar discography

American rapper Kendrick Lamar has released four studio albums, one compilation album, one extended play (EP), five mixtapes, 43 singles (including 30 as a featured artist), three promotional singles and 55 music videos.

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Kery James

Alix Mathurin (born 28 December 1977) better known as Kery James, is a French rapper, singer, songwriter, dancer and record producer from Orly, who was born in Guadeloupe to Haitian parents.

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Kill at Will

Kill at Will (also known as At Will in its censored version) is the debut extended play released by Ice Cube on December 18, 1990 under Priority Records.

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Killer Mike

Michael Santiago Render (born April 20, 1975), better known by his stage name Killer Mike, is an American rapper, actor, and activist.

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KRS-One

Lawrence "Kris" Parker (born August 20, 1965), better known by his stage names KRS-One, and Teacha, is an American rapper and occasional producer from The Bronx, New York City, New York.

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KRS-One discography

This is the discography of hip hop musician KRS-One.

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Kurtis Blow

Kurtis Walker (born August 9, 1959), professionally known by his stage name Kurtis Blow, is an American rapper, singer, songwriter, record/film producer, Bboy, DJ, public speaker and minister.

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L-FRESH the Lion

L-FRESH The Lion (stylised as L-FRESH The LION) is a Hip Hop artist from South West Sydney, Australia.

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La Rumeur

La Rumeur is a French-language rap group from Élancourt (Yvelines, France).

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Labour Party (UK)

The Labour Party is a centre-left political party in the United Kingdom.

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Laugh Now, Cry Later

Laugh Now, Cry Later is the seventh studio album by rapper Ice Cube, released on June 6, 2006.

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Leader of the Opposition (United Kingdom)

The Leader of Her Majesty's Most Loyal Opposition (more commonly known as the Leader of the Opposition) is the politician who leads the official opposition in the United Kingdom.

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Liberation theology

Liberation theology is a synthesis of Christian theology and Marxist socio-economic analyses that emphasizes social concern for the poor and the political liberation for oppressed peoples.

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Libertarianism

Libertarianism (from libertas, meaning "freedom") is a collection of political philosophies and movements that uphold liberty as a core principle.

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Like Toy Soldiers

"Like Toy Soldiers" is a song by American rapper Eminem, from his fifth album Encore (2004).

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List of political hip hop artists

In hip hop music, political hip hop, or political rap, is a form developed in the 1980s, inspired by 1970s political preachers such as The Last Poets and Gil Scott-Heron.

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Logic

Logic (from the logikḗ), originally meaning "the word" or "what is spoken", but coming to mean "thought" or "reason", is a subject concerned with the most general laws of truth, and is now generally held to consist of the systematic study of the form of valid inference.

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Logic discography

The discography of American rapper Logic consists of three studio albums, seven mixtapes and twenty singles (including four singles as a featured artist).

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Lowkey

Kareem Dennis (born 23 May 1986), better known by his stage name Lowkey, is an English-Iraqi hip hop artist based in London, England.

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Lupe Fiasco

Wasalu Muhammad Jaco (born February 16, 1982), better known by his stage name Lupe Fiasco, is an American rapper, record producer, and entrepreneur.

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Lupe Fiasco discography

The American rapper Lupe Fiasco has released six studio albums, nineteen singles, and fifteen music videos on Atlantic Records and his sub-label 1st & 15th Entertainment.

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Mac Miller

Malcolm James McCormick (born January 19, 1992), best known by his stage name Mac Miller, is an American rapper, singer and record producer from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

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Macklemore & Ryan Lewis

Macklemore & Ryan Lewis is an American hip hop duo, formed in 2008, from Seattle, Washington.

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Mahatma Gandhi

Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi (2 October 1869 – 30 January 1948) was an Indian activist who was the leader of the Indian independence movement against British rule.

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Main Source

Main Source was a Canadian/American hip hop group based in New York City/Toronto, composed of Toronto DJs and producers, Sir Scratch and K-Cut, and Queens MC and producer Large Professor.

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Manny Phesto

Manuel Levins Holden (born September 22, 1989) better known by his stage name Manny Phesto, is an Underground hip hop musician based in Minneapolis, Minnesota.

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Marco Rubio

Marco Antonio Rubio (born May 28, 1971) is an American politician, attorney, and the junior United States Senator for Florida.

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Marcus Garvey

Marcus Mosiah Garvey Jr. ONH (17 August 188710 June 1940) was a proponent of Black nationalism in the United States and most importantly Jamaica.

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Marxism

Marxism is a method of socioeconomic analysis that views class relations and social conflict using a materialist interpretation of historical development and takes a dialectical view of social transformation.

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Marxism–Leninism–Maoism

Marxism–Leninism–Maoism (M–L–M or MLM, formerly known as Marxism–Leninism–Mao Zedong Thought) is a political philosophy that builds upon Marxism–Leninism and some aspects of Mao Zedong Thought which was first formalised in 1993 by the Revolutionary Internationalist Movement.

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Médine (rapper)

Medine Zaouiche (born 24 February 1983 in Le Havre), better known by his stage name Médine, is a French-Algerian Kabyle rapper.

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MC Lyte

MC Lyte (born Lana Michelle Moorer; October 11, 1970) is an American rapper who first gained fame in the late 1980s, becoming the first solo female rapper to release a full album with 1988's critically acclaimed Lyte as a Rock.

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Mike Huckabee

Michael Dale Huckabee (born August 24, 1955) is an American politician, Christian minister, author, and commentator who served as the 44th governor of Arkansas from 1996 to 2007.

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Mos Def

Yasiin Bey (born Dante Terrell Smith; December 11, 1973), best known by his stage name Mos Def, is an American hip hop recording artist, actor, and activist.

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N.W.A

N.W.A (an abbreviation for Niggaz Wit Attitudes) was an American hip hop group from Los Angeles, California.

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Nation of Islam

The Nation of Islam, abbreviated as NOI, is an African American political and religious movement, founded in Detroit, Michigan, United States, by Wallace D. Fard Muhammad on July 4, 1930.

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Nelson Mandela

Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela (18 July 1918 – 5 December 2013) was a South African anti-apartheid revolutionary, political leader, and philanthropist, who served as President of South Africa from 1994 to 1999.

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New World Order (conspiracy theory)

The New World Order or NWO is claimed to be an emerging clandestine totalitarian world government by various conspiracy theories.

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Night of the Living Baseheads

"Night of the Living Baseheads" is the third single released by hip hop group Public Enemy, from their critically acclaimed album It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back.

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O.G. Original Gangster

O.G. Original Gangster is the fourth studio album by American rapper Ice-T, released on May 14, 1991 by Sire Records.

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Olmeca

Olmeca is a genus of Mesoamerican bamboo in the grass family.

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Organized religion

Organized religion (or organised religion—see spelling differences), also known as institutional religion, is religion in which belief systems and rituals are systematically arranged and formally established.

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Outkast

Outkast (stylized as OutKast) is an American hip hop duo formed in 1991 in East Point, Georgia, composed of Atlanta-based rappers André "André 3000" Benjamin (formerly known as Dré) and Antwan "Big Boi" Patton.

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P.O.S (rapper)

Stefon Alexander (born August 18, 1981), better known by his stage name P.O.S, is a hip hop artist from Minneapolis, Minnesota.

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Paris (rapper)

Oscar Jackson, Jr. (born October 29, 1967), better known by his stage name Paris, is an American rapper from San Francisco, California, known for his highly charged political and socially conscious lyrics.

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Party Music

Party Music is the fourth studio album by The Coup, an alternative hip hop group based in Oakland, California.

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Police brutality

Police brutality is one of several forms of police misconduct which involves undue violence by police members.

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Political apathy

Political apathy is a feeling of disinterest in the sense of politics or apathy towards politics.

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Political hip hop

Political hip hop is a subgenre of hip hop music that was developed in the 1980s as a way of turning rap music into a call for action and a form of social activism.

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Prison–industrial complex

The term "prison–industrial complex" (PIC), derived from the "military–industrial complex" of the 1950s, describes the attribution of the rapid expansion of the US inmate population to the political influence of private prison companies and businesses that supply goods and services to government prison agencies for profit.

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Professor D

Damon Sajnani, better known by his stage name Professor D or ProfessorD.us is a Canadian rapper and assistant professor based in the United States.

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Protest song

A protest song is a song that is associated with a movement for social change and hence part of the broader category of topical songs (or songs connected to current events).

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Psycho Realm

The Psycho Realm is an American hip hop group started in 1989 by brothers Sick Jacken (Joaquín Gonzalez) and Big Duke (Gustavo Gonzalez) from the Downtown, Pico-Union area of Los Angeles.

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Public Enemy (band)

Public Enemy is an American hip hop group consisting of Chuck D, Flavor Flav, Professor Griff, Khari Wynn, DJ Lord, and the S1W group.

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Public Enemy discography

The discography of Public Enemy, an American hip hop group, consists of thirteen studio albums, two live albums, four compilation albums, two remix albums, one soundtrack album, four video albums, thirty-nine singles, four promotional singles and thirty-nine music videos.

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Racionais MC's

Racionais MC's is a Brazilian hip hop group based in São Paulo.

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Rap metal

Rap metal or heavy rap is a subgenre of rap rock and alternative metal music which combines hip hop with heavy metal.

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Rapping

Rapping (or rhyming, spitting, emceeing, MCing) is a musical form of vocal delivery that incorporates "rhyme, rhythmic speech, and street vernacular", which is performed or chanted in a variety of ways, usually over a backbeat or musical accompaniment.

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Raw Footage

Raw Footage is the eighth studio album by American rapper Ice Cube.

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Rebel Diaz

Rebel Diaz is a political hip hop duo out of the Bronx, New York and Chicago, IL consisting of the Chilean brothers Rodrigo Venegas (known as RodStarz) and Gonzalo Venegas (known as G1).

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Rebel Without a Pause

"Rebel Without a Pause" is a song by hip hop group Public Enemy and the first single from their 1988 album, It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back.

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Religion

Religion may be defined as a cultural system of designated behaviors and practices, world views, texts, sanctified places, prophecies, ethics, or organizations, that relates humanity to supernatural, transcendental, or spiritual elements.

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Republican Party (United States)

The Republican Party, also referred to as the GOP (abbreviation for Grand Old Party), is one of the two major political parties in the United States, the other being its historic rival, the Democratic Party.

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Rising Down

Rising Down is the eighth studio album by American hip hop band The Roots, released April 28, 2008 on Def Jam Recordings.

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Riz Ahmed

Riz Ahmed (born 1 December 1982), also known as by his stage name, Riz MC, is a British Pakistani actor, rapper, and activist.

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Rocé

Rocé is a commune in the Loir-et-Cher department in central France.

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Ron Paul

Ronald Ernest Paul (born August 20, 1935) is an American author, physician and retired politician who served as the U.S. Representative for Texas's 22nd congressional district from 1976 to 1977 and again from 1979 to 1985, and for Texas's 14th congressional district from 1997 to 2013.

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Ronald Reagan

Ronald Wilson Reagan (February 6, 1911 – June 5, 2004) was an American politician and actor who served as the 40th President of the United States from 1981 to 1989.

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Run-DMC

Run-DMC was an American hip hop group from Hollis, Queens, New York, founded in 1981 by Joseph Simmons, Darryl McDaniels, and Jason Mizell.

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Same Love

"Same Love" is a song by American hip hop duo Macklemore & Ryan Lewis, released as the third single from their 2012 debut studio album, The Heist.

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Satanism

Satanism is a group of ideological and philosophical beliefs based on Satan.

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Saul Williams

Saul Stacey Williams (born February 29, 1972) is an American rapper, singer-songwriter, musician, slam poet, writer, and actor.

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September 11 attacks

The September 11, 2001 attacks (also referred to as 9/11) were a series of four coordinated terrorist attacks by the Islamic terrorist group al-Qaeda against the United States on the morning of Tuesday, September 11, 2001.

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Social democracy

Social democracy is a political, social and economic ideology that supports economic and social interventions to promote social justice within the framework of a liberal democratic polity and capitalist economy.

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Sole (hip hop artist)

James Timothy Holland Jr. (born September 25, 1977), better known by his stage name Sole, is an American underground hip hop artist from Portland, Maine.

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Soul music

Soul music (often referred to simply as soul) is a popular music genre that originated in the African American community in the United States in the late 1950s and early 1960s.

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Straight Outta Compton

Straight Outta Compton is the debut studio album by American hip hop group N.W.A, released August 8, 1988, on group member Eazy-E's record label Ruthless Records.

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Subliminal (rapper)

Ya'akov "Kobi" Shimoni (Hebrew: יעקב "קובי" שמעוני, born November 13, 1979), generally known by his stage name Subliminal (סאבלימינל), is an Israeli rapper and record producer.

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Suprême NTM

Suprême NTM (or simply NTM) is a French hip hop group formed in 1989 in the Seine-Saint-Denis département.

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Talib Kweli

Talib Kweli Greene (born October 3, 1975) is an American hip hop recording artist, entrepreneur, and social activist.

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Talib Kweli discography

This is the discography of Talib Kweli, an American rapper.

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The Black Eyed Peas

The Black Eyed Peas (originally simply Black Eyed Peas) are an American musical group, consisting of rappers will.i.am, apl.de.ap, and Taboo, and formerly Fergie.

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The Bomb Squad

The Bomb Squad is an American hip hop production team, known for its work with the hip hop group Public Enemy.

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The Coup

The Coup is an American hip hop band from Oakland, California.

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The Dope Poet Society

The Dope Poet Society is a hip hop group from Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

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The Game (rapper)

Jayceon Terrell Taylor (born November 29, 1979), better known by his stage name The Game (or simply Game), is an American rapper and actor.

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The Herd (Australian band)

The Herd is an Australian hip hop group formed in Sydney, Australia.

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The Iceberg/Freedom of Speech... Just Watch What You Say!

The Iceberg/Freedom of Speech...

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The Iron Sheik

Hossein Khosrow Ali Vaziri (حسین خسرو علی وزیری; born 15 March, 1942), better known by his ring name The Iron Sheik, is an Iranian American former professional wrestler, amateur wrestler and actor.

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The Last Poets

The Last Poets are several groups of poets and musicians who arose from the late 1960s African-American civil rights movement's black nationalism.

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The Life of Pablo

The Life of Pablo is the seventh studio album by American rapper and recording artist Kanye West, released on February 14, 2016 by GOOD Music and Def Jam Recordings.

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The Message (Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five song)

"The Message" is a song by Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five.

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The Predator (Ice Cube album)

The Predator is the third studio album by Ice Cube.

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The Roots

The Roots is an American hip hop band, formed in 1987 by Tariq "Black Thought" Trotter and Ahmir "Questlove" Thompson in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States.

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The Roots discography

The discography of The Roots, an American hip hop band, consists of fourteen solo studio albums, three collaborative studio albums, three compilation albums, two extended plays, and two live albums.

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The Washington Post

The Washington Post is a major American daily newspaper founded on December 6, 1877.

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Things Fall Apart (album)

Things Fall Apart (also referred to as When Things Fall Apart) is the fourth studio album by American hip hop band The Roots, released February 23, 1999 on Geffen Records.

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This Is America (song)

"This Is America" is a song by American rapper Childish Gambino.

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Tohil

Tohil (also spelled Tojil) was a deity of the K'iche' Maya in the Late Postclassic period of Mesoamerica.

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Tupac Shakur

Tupac Amaru Shakur (born Lesane Parish Crooks; June 16, 1971September 13, 1996), also known by his stage names Tupac, 2Pac and Makaveli, was an American rapper and actor.

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Tupac Shakur discography

The discography of Tupac Shakur, an American rapper, consists of eleven studio albums.

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Underclass

The underclass is the segment of the population that occupies the lowest possible position in a class hierarchy, below the core body of the working class.

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Underground music

Underground music comprises musical genres beyond mainstream culture.

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Undun

Undun is the tenth studio album by American hip hop band The Roots, released on December 2, 2011, by Def Jam Recordings.

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Unemployment

Unemployment is the situation of actively looking for employment but not being currently employed.

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United Kingdom general election, 2017

The 2017 United Kingdom general election took place on Thursday 8 June, having been announced just under two months earlier by Prime Minister Theresa May on 18 April 2017 after it was discussed at cabinet.

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Urthboy

Tim Levinson, better known by the stage name Urthboy, is an Australian hip-hop MC and producer from New South Wales.

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Vice President of the United States

The Vice President of the United States (informally referred to as VPOTUS, or Veep) is a constitutional officer in the legislative branch of the federal government of the United States as the President of the Senate under Article I, Section 3, Clause 4, of the United States Constitution, as well as the second highest executive branch officer, after the President of the United States.

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Violence

Violence is defined by the World Health Organization as "the intentional use of physical force or power, threatened or actual, against oneself, another person, or against a group or community, which either results in or has a high likelihood of resulting in injury, death, psychological harm, maldevelopment, or deprivation," although the group acknowledges that the inclusion of "the use of power" in its definition expands on the conventional understanding of the word.

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War on drugs

War on Drugs is an American term usually applied to the U.S. federal government's campaign of prohibition of drugs, military aid, and military intervention, with the stated aim being to reduce the illegal drug trade.

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Where Is the Love?

"Where Is the Love?" is a song by American hip hop group The Black Eyed Peas.

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White America (song)

"White America" is a political hip hop song by rapper Eminem released in 2002 from his fourth studio album, The Eminem Show.

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Whodini

Whodini is a hip hop group that was formed in 1981.

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World Trade Center (1973–2001)

The original World Trade Center was a large complex of seven buildings in Lower Manhattan, New York City, United States.

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World view

A world view or worldview is the fundamental cognitive orientation of an individual or society encompassing the whole of the individual's or society's knowledge and point of view.

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X Clan

X Clan (formerly stylized as XCLAN and often incorrectly spelled X-Clan) is a hip hop group from Brooklyn, New York, originally consisting of Grand Verbalizer Funkin' Lesson Brother J, Professor X the Overseer, Paradise the Architect, and Sugar Shaft the Rhythm Provider.

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Zack de la Rocha

Zacharias Manuel de la Rocha (born January 12, 1970) is an American musician.

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Zionism

Zionism (צִיּוֹנוּת Tsiyyonut after Zion) is the national movement of the Jewish people that supports the re-establishment of a Jewish homeland in the territory defined as the historic Land of Israel (roughly corresponding to Canaan, the Holy Land, or the region of Palestine).

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...And Then You Shoot Your Cousin

...And Then You Shoot Your Cousin is the eleventh studio album by American hip hop band The Roots.

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1992 Los Angeles riots

The 1992 Los Angeles riots, also known as the Rodney King riots, the South Central riots, the 1992 Los Angeles civil disturbance, the 1992 Los Angeles civil unrest, the 1992 Los Angeles Uprising, and the Battle of Los Angeles, were a series of riots, lootings, arsons, and civil disturbances that occurred in Los Angeles County, California in April and May 1992.

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911 Is a Joke

"911 Is a Joke" is a 1990 song by American hip hop group Public Enemy, from their third album, Fear of a Black Planet.

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