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ince the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) in Atlanta issued its first warning about HIV/AIDS in 1981, more than 25 million people around the world have died from the disease.
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with more than 4 million new infections in 2006 and almost 3 million deaths.
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estimated 40 million people are living with HIV/AIDS worldwid
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There are more than 2 million children under the age of 15 living with the HIV infection
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0 percent of those infected with HIV may not know they are carrying the virus.
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he endorses the ABCs encouraged by Youth AIDS: Abstinence or Be faithful or Consistent use of safe-sex methods.
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Too often, when members of the hip hop community are in the media, it’s for something negative
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It wasn't until the arrival of Spike Lee that a Black person began to define our image in a commercially successful way
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The gun-toting, drug-dealing gangsta became the predominant image for Black men.
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Black women became hootchie-mama, baby-making machines who always seemed to forget to marry the baby's daddy
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A-shirts, bandannas around their heads and loaded guns tucked in their pants.
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just like 60% of the Black population in America. But nobody knows it because all they see is 50 Cent, Snoop Dogg, and Flava Flav.
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Hip-hop has grown from its inner-city roots to appeal to a diverse and worldwide audience. It is no longer the fad some once considered it.
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Yet another is cultivating one's thug factor through braided hair, baggy clothing, ghetto diction and street reputation.
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dress and drive what the stars do.
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hip-hop/rap music appeals to the thirteen to eighteen year old audiences
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rap music is able to control the way that youth think
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Teens and pre-teens are using their part-time job paycheck to buy grills (a form of jewelry worn in the mouth)
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rap music has turned the youth more violent, utterly disrespectful and it is teaching them that it's acceptable to have multiple babies' mommas, stand on the block and hustle or even kill someone over a minor disagreement
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being deteriorated by the lyrics and images portrayed in rap music and videos.
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rap music is influencing our adolescents to become hustlers, pimps and murderers
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Slick Rick, KRS-One, Public Enemy, Special Ed and Big Daddy Kane made popular non-violent mainstream music that spread throughout the world in a matter of two years
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12-19 because they are at a very impressionable age and it's hard for them to determine fantasy from reality
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