Particularly with the advent of gangsta rap , many hip hop artists happen to come from underclass backgrounds . Aforementioned artists such as Tupac Shakur , Ice Cube , and Killer Mike have made just as much reference to class oppression as racial oppression . Tupac Shakur used his lyrics incorporated Revolutionary Nationalism . In " Words of Wisdom " from the album '' 2Pacalypse , '' Shakur 's lyrics underscore the refusal to accept economic inequality and inadequate employment opportunities . Other political rappers , such as Public Enemy , The Dope Poet Society , Dead Prez , The Coup , Paris and Immortal Technique , have advocated explicitly communist views — mostly leaning to Maoism — , whereas some rappers such as Lupe Fiasco and the lesser-known Emcee Lynx , P.O.S , and Sole have advocated anarchist positions . Political references have long been made in hip hop culture ; some proving to be effective in spurring constructive discussion and others , such as The Coup 's originally planned album cover for Party Music — which depicted the destruction of The World Trade Center to signify the fall of capitalism — receiving negative criticisms ( although the album art was designed before the September 11 attacks and was changed prior to its November 2001 release )
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