New ABC News Special “Tone Death: Loss & Hip-Hop” Coming Soon

A new ABC News Live special, Tone Death: Ross & Hip Hopdocuments the violence that has plagued the rap community in recent years.

The deaths of Tupac Shakur and The Notorious B.I.G. in the late ’90s shocked the world and marked a turning point in hip-hop and rap music.
But violence in the rap community is becoming commonplace.
ABC News correspondent Mona Kosar Abdi reports on where this violence is coming from, why it’s so prevalent, and how the rap industry can break the cycle.
The 30-minute program features interviews with people who have felt the pain of this violence firsthand. G. Herbo is a Chicago-raised rapper who shares his own story and his personal experience with PTSD. Audrey Jackson and Zodia Friedman are slain rappers Pop Smoke and he’s TDott Woo.
Additional interviews with mental health professionals, journalists and other professionals include:
- Dr. Jalil Abdul Adil Using Hip Hop to Treat Adolescent Trauma
- Rob Markman, music journalist
- Ivie Ani, journalist and culture commentator
- LaToya Swayer, Ph.D., Expert in African-American Cultural Rhetoric
Tone Death: Ross & Hip Hop It will debut on ABC News Live on Tuesday, March 14 (8:30 PM EDT/9:30 PM PDT) and stream on Hulu the following day.