European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - February 20, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse V azz. Blues Rock and pop Quot a another Ian is 28-year-old am Adler he s 1%. Edmi Ledly a b ased. tvs Job Al Rush artists management involves steering the careers of rap artists such As Public enemy and la Cool j g Quot to me. Its the most throng Rock n Roll being made a today Adler a d Quot do i want a by beat it s there. Do i want rebellion7 it s there do i want . Do i want sex. It do i want social engagement do i want nonsense a l there and it delivers it to me in greater measure than a any other comparable form right rap styles Are As diverse As itself do Jazzy Jeff and the fresh Prince Are Good natured v sop stars with such Rove to songs As / to. i can beat Tyson and the san Anthem a rants just Don t a understand the aptly 1 cd fat boys have made 7$ ducts with the Brash boys and chi.1,by Chr a a Jar artists such Asna and pub c emmy am on the Fischer end of the pc but. With Blunt let a is p a up pc whore the message left c l a Al n Vacc in 3feabout Black altitudes toward left Law enforcement on Edge pub c in my with its recent ifs Nile. I be come to the Turro Doc. Has opened a of jewish Black nit a amp Many rappers Are simply braggart to be the to biggest the baddest the Best that in turn has brought complaints of sexism and the Ca curate Day contrary stance of artists such As the female Salt n papa and the 1960s-nfluenced de la soul rap and Rock have also forged an interesting Alliance they were thought to be contrary Camps until run dec s hugely influential remake of Aero Smith s walk this Way Oroke Down barriers in 1907 communities jitters and caused some cancellations. Rappers say it s not the music that causes trouble but some fans who Are gang members some rappers Are worried about too much rap not too Little they wonder if rap a t go the Way of d co and collapse under the weight of too Many of e records Russell Simmons founder of def Jam records complains that major record labels Are signing too Many bad rap acts in their attempt to now stars. But radio resistance has t stopped rap from seeping into mainstream culture advertisers looking for a Youthful Market know rap Sells rap was incorporated into the work of several top 40 musicians through the 1980s. From b Ond s s rapture in 1950 to Billy Joel s we t Start theft a e in 1939 Quot there s Noth no wrong with that. La Cool j a d of the Competition a h Joel suburban Long Island s favorite son Quot i l i e it that jus shows that people Are up if an a y Joel does something that maybe people will listen to a Guy la Cool j Quot of nov will broadcast the Gram mics live feb 22 beginning at 2 am Central european time clearance Pendeg a High ratings for a tvs a yol mtg raps show a so and Tate that rap is not just music for Black teen agers Quot Black America is not hooked up for Cable i m Adler said it o a suburban phenomenon so Rou know who the is for to mtg raps the grammy created a new category last year to Lonor rap music but several of its stars boycotted the awards because the rap grammy was t presented on orime time television also although tone Loc s sly homage to sex. Who thing last year became the single Smice we Are the world it never made it to no 1 on the 3illboard singles charts because some top 40 radio stations won t play rap no rap single has Ever reached to 1 on the billboard pop charts some rappers say racism has a lot to do with that jut that does t explain the so called Quot Black Quot radio stations that also resist rap in favor of the soul sounds of the 60s and 70s occasional violence at rap concerts has Given far Christian rap a it. 50.000 copies of its warily through by s rap stars routinely by Tian rap say they re he rap Market at it we would go out coliseum and not just a old Fred Lynch of i d. Widely acknowledged to be one of the hardest hitting Christian rap groups Quot they be already got the message in the churches Quot Lynch and his partner. Barry Hogan. 20. Are youth ministers at their Dallas Church though both admit to having done their share of Quot hardcore City crime before their religious Awakening As p i d. They be released two albums. Here we Are and Back to Back last year they performed More than 50 pc amp the Boyz Christian oriented live shows pid s goal is to make a video and get it played on yo1 mtg raps Quot we re not trying to burst into their Hogan says of the secular rappers Quot we want to come in a quiet storm Quot ironically the first Christian rapper to get National mainstream exposure is a 25-year-o d Blond haired White Guy who graduated from Liberty University Toby Mckehan Al As do talk was raised m Tyson Corner. A. And now lives in Nashville have bound is do talk s first video or d rap pm Lor the King a a it of m my b i u wed a know what the Cruchon would be from administrators and faculty As it turned out. Do tall raised the Money to finish its album by Selling cassettes on Campus and the group performed two Summers in a Row at a party thrown by Falwell s son. Jonathan Michael peace considered one of the pioneers of Christian rap. Is pessimistic about its prospects for widespread popularity Quot i Don t believe that the gospel will Ever be popular in America i Don t believe that it will Ever be fashionable to proclaim what Jesus was All about to live according to what Jesus says Quot says peace 31 his third album vigilante of Hope. War. Released last year if Uherc s any Christian rap group that will end up making a Mark it will probably be i d or s f c he says because those groups have the most hard edged style but i Don t think it wll happen to any great degree even m that once Popple understand where these Brothers am really coming from they won t he popular pen. A u. Or u a a Rochester. N y of a a a 1 take i a a. How \ Quot Church i who Ihor a i world do. It can t be of god anything that makes you want to move is riot of god Cooper says most Christian rappers. Cooper wants his message to reach All hip hop fans he has sent a copy of s first album. Listen up. To the producers of the Arsemio Hall show. 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