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We love the beats and get hooked on a catchy chorus, but we must now distinguish between rappers and pop stars, writes DAVID ODONGO
Rapper Nas raised the debate whether hip-hop is dead. I have no answer, maybe hip-hop isn’t dead, I just grew older! Many people, who grew up listening to Ice T, NWA, and Public Enemy, are already feeling let down with the turn hip-hop has taken. Even in the early 1990s hip-hop was not expected to become the commercial it is right now.
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