Anti-Violence

The main stance held by revolutionary hip-hop artists towards violence is against what the mainstream artists are rapping about. They care about young children learning violence while most of the mainstream rappers songs are made up or exaggerations on events in their own lives. Many political songs include lyrics promoting standing up to the police or government. This juxtaposition is shown in a song by Dead Prez called Cop Shot:

"The only good cop is a dead cop
Police brutality must come to a stop"

While they call for an end to the violence towards each other, revolutionary hip-hop artists also call for standing up for rights and standing against the police or the government holding people back.

Again artists such as Public Enemy, Dead Prez, KRS-One and Common are among the list of artists who focus on this topic as well as others researched by our group.

Check out more on my blog.

-Carol