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In Defense of Hip-Hop | Roland Fryer | TED

by Roland Fryer

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Roland Fryer
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Hip-hop often gets blamed for its controversial lyrics. What if there was a way to actually measure its impact on people's lives? Analyzing 40 years' worth of radio station data and lyrics from rappers like Tupac, Dr. Dre, Jay-Z and Kendrick Lamar, economist Roland Fryer puts one of culture's most notorious debates on trial. (Recorded at TED2025 on April 8, 2025)

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