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The recent track attacking Labor proves one thing: the Coalition doesn’t understand hip-hop.
The diss tracks released by rappers Drake and Kendrick Lamar raise interesting questions about defamation in music lyrics.
Since rap’s emergence, artists have boasted about themselves in ways that were funny and sometimes violent, vulgar and sexist. The popularity of the music and its exploitation can be dangerous.
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PhD Candidate, Law, Western University
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Associate Professor of Hip-Hop, University of Virginia
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Senior Lecturer in Music, School of Business and Creative Industries, University of the Sunshine Coast
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