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In 1984, Tipper Gore, the wife of Senator Al Gore of Tennessee, purchased Prince’s Purple Rain sound track for the couple’s daughter Karenna. Upon listening to the sexually explicit lyrics to “Darling Nikki,” which included references to masturbation, Tipper Gore decided that parents should be provided with tools that would help them in making informed decisions about the music they purchased for their children.

Gangsta rap is a variety of hip-hop music that reflects the lifestyles of poor American inner cities. Violence, hustling and making money, the dangers of drug use, and the dangers of drug dealing are the dominant themes of gangsta rap. This musical genre, which features heavy beats, first appeared in the late 1980s and reached its peak in the 1990s.