... at least open for debate. However further research has been suggested. INTRODUCTION Recent growth in gun crime, and gun culture have turned attention to reasons behind this trend. Hip hop has always been an easy target for groups who say that the music scene exerts a negative influence over those who listen to it. Nearly 350,000 people, in the US alone, were victims to murders, robberies and aggravated assaults where the perpetrator carried a firearm in 2003 (Brady et al.2004). It was in this year that rapper 50 cent released his first studio, and breakthrough, album, 'Get rich or die trying'. The record went to number one in the US and number 2 in the UK. The album went on to sell 11 million records worldwide. His lyrics were now reaching people overseas, white people in the suburbs as well as children. Many people soon found a problem with his violent lyrics ...

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