Don't let music take the rap for the riots

Blaming the riots on rap music is like blaming skinny models for making women anorexic. Many musicians used Twitter to speak out against the actions of riotersI'm a massive fan of urban music, especially rap music in the UK, so I couldn't help but roll my eyes and feel extremely annoyed when it was accused of being one of the factors behind the recent UK riots.Rap music, it seems, has a bad reputation and I have heard it being blamed time and again for the wrongdoings of the "youth of today".And...

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