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A content analysis of gun and gun violence references in fifty-cent lyrics
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A content analysis of gun and gun violence references in fifty-cent lyrics. ABSTRACT This study examined the references to guns and gun violence in fifty cent songs on his breakthrough, mainstream success, 'Get rich or die trying'. Altogether over eighteen tracks, there were 84 references to gun violence. 45% of songs contained 5 or more separate references. This was compared to Kanye West's album 'The college dropout' which had only two references over 21 tracks. It should be noted that while 50 cents references were all very violent, the two references on Kanye West's album had an anti-gun message, and specifically anti -gun in the hip-hop music scene where violence is increasingly becoming a problem, perhaps in part to rappers like 50 Cent. The research showed why there is so much controversy surrounding 50 Cent and that the allegations of him being an irresponsible gun-toting role-model are not totally unfounded. The research...
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