DL HUGHLEY on MUSIC CAUSING VIOLENCE



There is a relationship.

Over half of dead hip-hop artists were murdered, study finds


“Murder accounted for 6.0% of deaths across the sample, but was the cause of 51% of deaths in rap musicians and 51.5% of deaths for hip hop musicians, to date,” Kenny wrote. “This could be due to these genres’ strong associations with drug-related crime and gang culture.”

But does this anecdotal evidence mean rock or rap kills?
No. Kenny, a classical music enthusiast, stressed that her study does not show causation, but is retrospective. She also offered many caveats with her data. For example: Blues music is more than a century old, but punk dates to the 1970s. Older musicians are more likely to die of natural causes.


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