8. 1985:
cocaine-‐related
hospital
emergencies
rose
by
12%,
from
23,500
to
26,300
1986:
increased
110%,
from
26,300
to
55,200
1984-‐1987:
cocaine
incidents
increased
to
94,000
-‐
US
Drug
Enforcement
Agency
Crack
8
9. ‘When
we
was
doin’
the
shit,
we
just
drink
and
fight
and
whatever.
It
wasn’t
too
much
of
no
gun
acZvity,
you
know
what
I’m
saying?
We
ain’t
have
the
money
for
a
high-‐powered
rifle.
…
That’s
when
these
LA
gangs
really
came
up,
like
the
mid
eighZes
and
shit,
and
that’s
when
they
started
making
all
the
money,
and
that’s
when
the
shit
got
out
of
control.
‘Cause
with
the
money
they
had
the
power,
and
with
the
power
they
got
a
lot
of
respect’
-‐
Tone
Loc
in
Werner,
2002:
p246
9
10. Gangsta
rap
as
subgenre
Major
themes:
• Crime
• Drugs
• Alcohol
abuse
• Violence
• Gang
culture
• Hatred
of
police
• Vandalism
• Promiscuity
• Profanity
• Misogyny/homophobia
10
11. Ever
since
Daddy
Rice,
the
original
minstrel
man,
bought
his
song
on
the
streets
of
Charleston,
black
performers
who
wanted
to
get
paid
found
themselves
in
the
bizarre
situaZon
of
needing
to
“black
up,”
to
project
images
answering
to
white
stereotypes
of
black
life
as
primal,
sexual,
violent—
in
a
(parZcularly
unfortunate)
word,
“authenZc.”
As
hip-‐hop
gained
popularity,
musicians
who’d
actually
lived
something
resembling
the
life
they
sang
about
in
their
song
faced
the
temptaZon
of
blacking
up,
catering
to
the
fantasies
of
the
young
white
men
who
made
up
the
majority
of
gangsta
rap’s
audience
-‐
Werner,
2002:
p290
11
12. Ice-‐T
6'n
the
morning'
police
at
my
door
‘6
in
the
Mornin’’
(1986)
Fresh
adidas
squeek
across
the
bathroom
floor
Out
the
back
window
I
make
a
escape
Don't
even
get
a
chance
to
grab
my
old
school
tape
Mad
with
no
music
but
happy
'cause
I'm
free
And
the
streets
to
a
player
is
the
place
to
be
Goma
knot
in
my
pocket
weighin'
at
least
a
grand
Gold
on
my
neck
my
pistols
close
at
hand
I'm
a
self-‐made
monster
of
the
city
streets
Remotely
controlled
by
hard
hip
hop
beats
But
just
livin'
in
the
city
is
a
serious
task
Didn't
know
what
the
cops
wanted
Didn't
have
the
Zme
to
ask
Word
Seen
my
homeboys
coolin'
way
out
told
'em
bout
my
mornin'
Cold
bugged'
em
out
shot
a
limle
dice
unZl
my
knees
got
sore
Kicked
around
some
stories
bout
the
night
before
Possed
to
the
corner
where
the
fly
girls
chill
Through
acZon
at
some
freaks
unZl
one
bitch
got
ill
She
started
acZn'
stupid
simply
would
not
quit
Called
us
all
punk
pussies
said
we
all
weren't
shit
As
we
walked
over
to
here
hoe
conZnued
to
speak
So
we
beat
the
bitch
down
in
the
god
damn
street
But
just
livin'
in
the
city
a
serious
task
Bitch
didn't
know
what
hit
her
didn't
have
Zme
to
ask
12
13. Schooly
D
-‐
‘P.S.K.
What
Does
It
Mean?’
(1985)
Influenced:
Ice-‐T,
Eazy-‐E,
Notorious
B.I.G
13
14. • Grew
up
in
Newark,
New
Jersey
• Moved
to
upmarket
area
of
Summit
• Mother
died
suddenly
when
he
was
8
• Father
died
of
a
heart
amack
when
he
was
12.
• Lived
with
his
aunty
in
Crenshaw,
Los
Angeles.
• His
high
school
was
made
up
of
predominantly
black
kids
• Affiliated
with
Crips
• Sold
cannabis
• Joined
army
(discharged)
• Robbed
banks
14
15. They
say
I'm
violent,
they
should
watch
their
T.V.
They
say
I'm
brutal,
they
should
check
their
P.D.
You
made
me,
now
your
kids
rave
me
I
rap
about
the
life
that
the
city
streets
gave
me
Murder,
intrigue,
somebody
must
bleed
Miami
Vice
is
small
Zme,
L.A's
the
big
league
From
the
rollin'
60's
to
the
nickerson
"G"
Pueblos,
grape
street,
this
is
what
I
see
The
jungle,
the
30's,the
V.N.G.
Life
in
L.A.
ain't
no
cup
of
tea
[…]
Squeeze
the
trigger
Cops
hate
kids,
kids
hate
cops,
cops
kill
kid's
with
warnin'
shouts
What
is
crime
and
what
in
not?
What
is
jusZce?
I
think
I
forgot
We
buy
weapons
to
keep
us
strong
Reagan
sends
guns
where
they
don't
belong
The
controversy
is
thick
and
the
drag
is
strong
But
no
mamer
the
lies
we
all
know
who's
wrong
Homeless
sleep
on
the
city
streets
Ice-‐T
–
‘Squeeze
the
Trigger’
(1987)
WaiZn'
to
die
with
nothin'
to
eat
While
rich
poliZcians
soak
their
feet
In
the
pools
at
their
ten
million
buck
retreats
People
hate
people
for
color
of
face
No
one
had
a
choice
in
the
race
we
were
placed
A
brother
in
queens
was
beaten
and
chased
Murdered
cold
in
the
streets,
a
goodamn
disgrace
Just
because
of
his
race,
his
life
went
to
waste
And
no
one
went
to
jail
when
the
court
heard
the
case
JusZce
or
corrupZon?
It's
all
interlaced
How
can
you
swallow
this?
I
can't
stand
the
taste
15
18. Fuck
the
police
comin
straight
from
the
underground
A
young
nigga
got
it
bad
cause
I'm
brown
And
not
the
other
color
so
police
think
they
have
the
authority
to
kill
a
minority
Fuck
that
shit,
cause
I
ain't
the
one
for
a
punk
motherfucker
with
a
badge
and
a
gun
to
be
beaZn
on,
and
thrown
in
jail
We
can
go
toe
to
toe
in
the
middle
of
a
cell
Fuckin
with
me
cause
I'm
a
teenager
with
a
limle
bit
of
gold
and
a
pager
Searchin
my
car,
lookin
for
the
product
Thinkin
every
nigga
is
sellin
narcoZcs
You'd
rather
see,
me
in
the
pen
than
me
and
Lorenzo
rollin
in
a
Benz-‐o
Beat
a
police
out
of
shape
and
when
I'm
finished,
bring
the
yellow
tape
To
tape
off
the
scene
of
the
slaughter
Yo
Dre,
I
got
somethin
to
say
SZll
gexn
swoll
off
bread
and
water
I
don't
know
if
they
fags
or
what
Search
a
nigga
down,
and
grabbin
his
nuts
NWA
–
‘Fuck
tha
Police’
(1988)
And
on
the
other
hand,
without
a
gun
they
can't
get
none
But
don't
let
it
be
a
black
and
a
white
one
Cause
they'll
slam
ya
down
to
the
street
top
Black
police
showin
out
for
the
white
cop
Ice
Cube
will
swarm
on
ANY
motherfucker
in
a
blue
uniform
Just
cause
I'm
from,
the
CPT
Ounk
police
are
afraid
of
me!
HUH,
a
young
nigga
on
the
warpath
And
when
I'm
finished,
it's
gonna
be
a
bloodbath
of
cops,
dyin
in
L.A.
18
20. We’re
telling
the
real
story
of
what
it’s
like
living
in
places
like
Compton.
We’re
giving
the
fans
reality.
We
give
them
the
truth.
People
where
we
come
from
hear
so
many
lies
that
the
truth
stands
out
like
a
sore
thumb.”
-‐
Eazy-‐E
in
Werner,
2002:
p290
20
24. zIce
Cube
–
‘The
Nigga
You
Love
To
Hatez’
(1990)
AmeriKKKa's
Most
Wanted
24
25. Ice
Cube
–
‘Bop
Gun’
(One
NaZon)
(1993)
Samples
‘One
NaZon
Under
A
Groove’
by
Funkadelic
Dr
Dre
–
‘Let
Me
Ride’
(1992)
Samples
‘Star
Child
(Mothership
ConnecZon)’
by
Parliament
25
26. If
hip-‐
hop
were
film—
the
metaphor
isn’t
much
of
a
stretch,
given
that
many
rappers
are
o{en
playing
tough-‐
guy
roles—
there
would
be
only
two
schools:
one
centered
in
Los
Angeles,
the
other
in
New
York.
Los
Angeles
would
produce
the
big-‐
budget
acZon
dramas
that
rake
in
millions;
New
York
would
create
the
art
films
that
excite
criZcs
and
film
students
and
fill
Greenwich
Village
art
houses
-‐
Toure
in
Werner,
2002:
292
26
33. Freedom
of
Speech,
that's
some
motherfuckin'
bullshit
You
say
the
wrong
thing,
they'll
lock
your
ass
up
quick
The
FCC
says
"Profanity
-‐
No
Airplay"?
They
can
suck
my
dick
while
I
take
a
shit
all
day
Think
I
give
a
fuck
about
some
silly
bitch
named
Gore?
Yo
PMRC,
here
we
go,
raw
Yo
Tip,
what's
the
mamer?
You
ain't
gexn'
no
dick?
You're
bitchin'
about
rock'n'roll,
that's
censorship,
dumb
bitch
The
ConsZtuZon
says
we
all
got
a
right
to
speak
Say
what
we
want
Tip,
your
argument
is
weak
Censor
records,
TV,
school
books
too
And
who
decides
what's
right
to
hear?
You?
Hey
PMRC,
you
stupid
fuckin'
assholes
The
sZcker
on
the
record
is
what
makes
'em
sell
gold
Can't
you
see,
you
alcoholic
idiots
The
more
you
try
to
suppress
us,
the
larger
we
get
33
35. Lesson
2
:
Gently
place
the
balls
into
the
mouth
and
..
HAMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM..
get
it
all
baby
..
get
it
all
baby
..
get
it
all
baby
..
"what
you
want
me
to
do
with
it?"
don't
mamer
just
don't
bite
it
she
swallowed
it
..
suck
this
dick
for
daddy
she
swallowed
it
..
usin'
that
lips
she
swallowed
it
..
it's
the
world's
biggest
dick
"what
do
you
want
me
to
do
with
it?"
don't
mamer
just
don't
bite
it
Slow
is
the
tempo
Now
talkin'
but
an
info
So
peep
it
up
here
goes
the
info
This
is
the
bitches
and
the
ho's
crew
She
get
it
as
much
we
make
bets
on
who's
the
ho's
we'd
love
to
go
through
And
for
the
shit
that
she
does
give
her
a
drum
role
Because
the
dumb
bitch
licks
out
the
asshole
NWA
-‐
‘She
Swallowed
It’
(1991)
35
41. Rap
backlash
(sort
of…it
was
rock
really)
‘Cop
Killer’
blamed
for
riots
(rather
than
the
‘not
guilty’
verdict
in
King
case)
41
42. 42
Snoop
implicated
in
drive-‐by
shooZng
of
a
former
gang
member,
Philip
Woldemariam
(Aug
1993)
following
altercaZons
during
the
filming
of
a
music
video
44. Summary
• Rap
music
has
had
its
criZcs
(glamorizing
violence,
drugs,
axtudes
towards
women)
• Internalizing
white
stereotypes
for
entertainment?
• QuesZons
of
authenZcity
–
came
back
to
haunt
some
(Snoop)
and
record
labels
start
to
think
twice
about
funding
gangsta
rap
• Musical
cycle
starts
to
fragment
following
East
vs
West
bamle
44
45. Images
• AppleDave
(2008)
Smoking
Gun
• Jondoeforty1
(2008)
Los
Angeles
Skyline
Dodger
Stadium
Sept
19
2008
• duncan
c
(2010)
Fuck
the
Police
• Marco
Gomes
(2009)
Crack
45
