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When all else fails to explain American violence, blame a rapper and hip-hop music

  • Written by A.D. Carson, Assistant Professor of Hip-Hop, University of Virginia
imageYoung Thug performs onstage on March 17, 2022, in Austin, Texas. Amy E. Price/Getty Images for SXSW

The day after the May 24, 2022, mass shooting at an elementary school in Uvalde, Texas, U.S. Rep. Ronny Jackson promptly blamed the violence on rap music and video games.

“Kids are exposed to all kinds of horrible stuff nowadays,” the...

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