Rap has long been condemned for its violent, misogynistic lyrics, said Martha Bayles in The Wall Street Journal. But in recent weeks, the sharpest attacks on the hip-hop nation have come not from Lynne Cheney or Tipper Gore, but from within the black community. Essence magazine has launched a campaign to
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