Teen sentenced for Koons Avenue homicide
2022-12-02
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Hip Hop has a major impact on teens, majority of the youth listen to hip hop and this new genre of music called Drill music. Drill Music embodies gang violence, sex, money, drugs, and gun violence. Drill music originated in Chicago, the city who at one time was one of the cities with the highest murder rates surpassing Afghanistan. In addition to drill music Hip Hop rap itself has been promoting violent acts within their lyrics for years.
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And so the cycle continues. A 12 year killer? Just be glad he didn't reproduce and have more offspring that went without parental supervision. Sad and depressing that this is a way of life for some, often fueled by ego, reputation, street cred and most recently the influence of rap music. 12 years old is a 6th or 7th grader?? Unbelievable
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