“Everyone who gets the culture knows that hip hop is not just violence,” Lathan told CNN in a recent interview. Yet gun violence has claimed the lives of at least one hip hop artist every year since 2018. “So, whether we like it or not, there’s something to talk about…there’s something to talk about and we have to discuss it.”That discussion has come in the form of WEtv’s new series “Hip Hop Homicides,” which looks at the shooting deaths of hip hop artists including Pop Smoke, XXXTentacion and King Von. “And he felt suspicious about some of the details about Pop’s murder.”Williams told CNN it was important for the show to feature interviews with friends and family of the late artists. And if we really attack a couple of things, then we might be able to have better outcomes for future generations.”“Hip Hop Homicides” airs Thursdays at 9 p.m.

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