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Title | Stop the Violence: Overcoming Self-Destruction-Rap Speaks Out |
Publication Type | Book |
Year of Publication | 1990 |
Author | George, Nelson |
Number of Pages | 79 |
Publisher | Pantheon Books |
City | New York |
Publication Language | eng |
ISBN or ASIN Number | 679727825 |
Copies at the Archive | 1 |
This book tells the story of the Stop the Violence movement - an unprecedented effort by young rap stars and music-industry colleagues to stop the violence at rap concerts and in their communities. The book contains lyrics, statements by the rappers, eye-opening statistics, letters from young people about their experiences of black-on-black crime, and the story of the Stop the Violence movement itself.