Rap music has been banned at Sydney's Royal Easter Show, after a teenager was fatally stabbed at last year's event.
Rap music has been banned at Sydney's Royal Easter Show after a teenager was fatally stabbed at last year's event.A total of 36 Public Safety orders will be issued preventing those people from attendingAn academic says there's little evidence to connect rap music to violent crime
"They hired a fellow ... and through rapper music investment they procured a significant youth gang problem to carry out violent crime. The Show's general manager Murray Wilton said other safety measures included increasing the lighting in sideshow alley, using metal detectors, turning music volume down, and banning music with offensive language.
"You have some evidence, say from the UK, then you've got youth gangs that also just happen to be into rap music and there have been some knife crimes associated with some of that," he said.
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