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Submitted: August 8, 2007 - 8:31am
Last updated: February 21, 2008 - 8:30am
Last updated: February 21, 2008 - 8:30am
SHARPTON URGES DIVESTMENT TO CLEAN UP RAP LYRICS
[SOURCE: Reuters, AUTHOR: Eric Olson]
Activist Rev. Al Sharpton organized rallies across the United States on Tuesday urging public divestment from the music industry until rap lyricists stop employing the "n-word" and terms degrading to women.
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