1.   The row erupted after Clinton denounced the remarks of a black rap singer, Sister Souljah, who had been an earlier guest of the Rainbow Coalition.

2.   Few artists sold more records, generated more debate or more successfully bridged the chasms of teeny-bop pop, angry white rock and hard-core black rap.

3.   He has earned respect and a recording contract from the black rap community.

4.   Similarly, black rap singers routinely use the n-word to describe black people, apparently to conjure up images of oppression.