Article: ``GANGSTA'' IS NOT THE PROBLEM.(FRONT)

Byline: JAMES C. BLACK

I'm tired of people screaming that ``gangsta rap'' is ruining society.

Parents, preachers and politicians have been criticizing - and at times lynching - the tapes and compact discs of many rap artists. Now that rapper/actor Tupac Shakur is dead, many people are jumping on the bandwagon.

Continuing the assault was Cal Thomas' column (Perspectives, Sept. 21) on Shakur's life and music.

Thomas wrote ``killing police officers'' is a favorite theme in Shakur's music. What is Thomas listening to?

I have the last three of 2Pac's four solo albums plus ``Thug Life Volume 1,'' which features Shakur. No song on ...

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