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A Brief History of Well-Meaning Rappers
Lavon, Kidd Creole, Rahiem and Mr. Broadway from Grandmaster Flash and The Furious Five performs at the U.I.C. Pavilion in Chicago, Illinois in January 1985. Photo: Raymond Boyd/Getty Images

A Brief History of Well-Meaning Rappers

Hip-hop’s always made room for contrast — so as the culture…