Hip hop at War: We're Under Attack, 2003
Scope and Contents
Originally published in the Source. This image contains images of Snoop Dogg, Jay-Z, Ludacris, and Bill O’Reilly. O’Reilly hosted a show on Fox News from 1996 to 2017 and was the recipient of the first "Misinformer of the Year Award" in 2008 from MediaMatters for America. In 2003, the year before this image was published, O’Reilly called on Americans to boycott Pepsi because the current ad campaign featured Ludacris and O’Reilly argued that his music glorified guns, drugs, violence, and disrespect for women. Ludacris responded in his song "Number One Spot" by calling attention to a sexual harassment suit brought against O’Reilly. At the time that this image was published in the Source, Jay-Z, Snoop Dogg and Ludacris had chart topping albums out. Jay-Z’s the Black Album, debuted at number one, gained much critical acclaim, and went multi-platinum. Snoop Dogg’s Pay tha Cost to be Da Boss, peaked at number three, and went platinum. Ludacris’ Chicken-n-Beer, it peaked at number one on both the hip hop and pop charts and went multi-platinum.
Dates
- Creation: 2003
Conditions Governing Access
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Full Extent
1 Items
Language of Materials
From the Collection: English
Repository Details
Part of the Vanderbilt University Special Collections and University Archives Repository
Special Collections Library
1101 19th Ave. S.
Nashville TN 37212 United States
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