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.