Cardozo Journal of Conflict Resolution
Abstract
The issues posed by rap feuds persist and remain prominent in the music industry and the news. In fact, rap feuds have received major media coverage in recent months, prompting major public confrontations between some of music's biggest stars. Therefore, this Note will endeavor to better understand the history and evolution of the genre of rap, and the movements and specific events that shaped its current adversarial character. The Note will also examine certain aspects of rap feuds and the ways in which they are waged that would indicate a potential to use mediation as a means to bring about their resolution, and discuss past attempts within the rap community to resolve contentious disputes between rappers using informal methods of alternative dispute resolution. Finally, it will propose the creation of the Rap Feud Mediation Service; a dispute resolution service which specializes in mediating interpersonal disputes between rappers, and address some of the potential concerns that could arise with respect to this form of conflict resolution in this unique setting.
Disciplines
Dispute Resolution and Arbitration | Entertainment, Arts, and Sports Law | Law | Law and Race
Recommended Citation
Craig Epstein,
Where's the Beef: The Use of Mediation to Resolve Disputes Between Rappers,
21
Cardozo J. Conflict Resol.
495
(2020).
Available at:
https://larc.cardozo.yu.edu/cjcr/vol21/iss2/10
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