After watching and listening to the enormous amount of recollection, analysis, speculation and debate in relation to the 40th Anniversary of the assassination of JFK over the past week; I began to think again of the relevancy and utility that a study of the murder of JFK and the media's interest and coverage of it, has to the unsolved murders of the Notorious B.I.G. and Tupac; and how those murders have been foundational to, or fueled a cottage industry-plus of books, documentaries, and now movies surrounding "beefs" - conflicts, public disagreements and verbal battles between Hip-Hop artists. I thought of all of this in light of my interaction with Colonel Prouty; the new movie about Tupac - Resurrection; the multi-part Rap COINTELPRO series at BlackElectorate.com; and the recent efforts of Minister Louis Farrakhan aimed at helping to settle the differences that exist between Ja Rule and 50 Cent.

Has a "cover story" been written to justify a war against Hip-Hop and Black youth, in such a way that civil rights violations, mistreatment and even the killing of young Black and Latino youth could take place and the majority of Americans or the majority of the world would think that such actions were warranted? Has rap music been a battlefield for this larger initiative, if it exists? Some might say that such a plan is unthinkable today. But is it a stretch or unreasonable to believe that the more brutally honest or negative aspects (depending upon whom you speak to) of rap music lyrics and videos have been projected domestically and abroad in such a way that it has enabled an unattractive image of Black youth - males in particular - to dominate the opinions of many people who might not regularly interact with Black Americans?

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