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Rappers are victims of an epidemic of gun violence – just like all of America

  • Written by A.D. Carson, Assistant Professor of Hip-Hop, University of Virginia
imageTakeoff performs onstage in Atlanta on Oct. 8, 2022. He was killed less than a month later.Paras Griffin/Getty Images

Add the name of Takeoff, a member of the popular rap trio Migos, to the ever-growing list of rappers, recent and past, tragically and violently killed.

The initial reaction to the Nov. 1, 2022, shooting death of Takeoff, born...

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