Critics accuse hip hop magazine of promoting thug culture.
Barrow is charged with attempted murder and Combs with illegal gun possession. Sharpton and nine top rappers, including Shyne, Master P, and Queen Latifah, are featured on the cover of The Source 's February issue. The Baptist minister hosted the first summit, held in October at his headquarters, and participated in a second forum, on racial profiling in hip hop, at Harvard University last month. Muhammad was infuriated because Sharpton and other black leaders did not single out Combs and Barrow as symbols of gangsta rap's stranglehold on the mindset of young African Americans. I will not be misused, and I don't see how, by inviting these artists to a summit, we're giving them political and moral cover.