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Sad note: Hip-hop artist Riky Rick committed suicide. Many black men find it hard to talk about their emotions and hip-hop’s abrasive culture makes it worse. (Oupa Bopape/Gallo Images)
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The lives of Riky Rick and HHP reveal hip-hop’s hard-knock mentality

Not only is this Mental Health Awareness Month, it also marks four years since we lost HHP to suicide. Shingai Darangwa looks at the effects of the hip-hop mentality

  • Shingai Darangwa
10 min read