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Blame It On Hip-Hop ... Again

By Kamikaze

Jackson Free Press | December 13, 2007

It's embarrassingly easy to blame hip-hop or a "street" mentality for today's "urban holocaust." But do you really think these events are happening because black kids are listening to Soulja Boy? Hell no! It's simple: M-O-N-E-Y and the lack of it.

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