Stop the Violence Movement

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Stop the Violence Movement is a hip-hop–driven anti-violence initiative founded by rapper KRS-One in the late 1980s to address and reduce violence within urban communities and the rap scene.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Stop the Violence Movement canonical 7

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Predicate Object
instanceOf anti-violence campaign
hip hop movement
social movement
countryOfOrigin United States
fieldOfWork music-based advocacy
social activism
founder KRS-One
genre hip hop
hasPart Self Destruction
inception late 1980s
locationOfFormation New York City
mainSubject hip hop culture
nonviolence
urban violence
violence prevention
movementParticipant Above The Law
linked to: Above the Law

Above the Law
Arabian Prince
Big Daddy Kane
Body & Soul
Boogie Down Productions
Chuck D
D-Nice
DJ Yella
Daddy-O
Def Jef
Delite
Digital Underground
Doug E. Fresh
Dr. Dre
Eazy-E
Flavor Flav
Fruitkwan
linked to: Frukwan

Heavy D
Ice-T
J.J. Fad
linked to: J. J. Fad

Just-Ice
KRS-One
King Tee
Kool Moe Dee
MC Hammer
MC Lyte
MC Ren
MC Trouble
Michel'le
Ms. Melodie
N.W.A
Oaktown's 3.5.7
Public Enemy
Queen Latifah
Stetsasonic
Tone Loc
Tone Lōc
linked to: Tone Loc

Tone-Loc
linked to: Tone Loc

Wise
Young MC
notableWork Self Destruction
purpose to address violence in hip hop community
to reduce violence in urban communities

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Referenced by (7)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

KRS-One movement Stop the Violence Movement
Boogie Down Productions associatedAct Stop the Violence Movement
KRS-One movement Stop the Violence Movement
subject linked to: KRS 1
Teacha notableConcept Stop the Violence Movement
The Blastmaster movement Stop the Violence Movement
Khris Parker movement Stop the Violence Movement
Khris Parker founded Stop the Violence Movement