Rap and Gangland: Drugs, Guns, Hustle and Flow
Legendary figures of the drug game have been the province of myth and hearsay until the rise of hip-hop where rappers name drop weaponry by style number and drug dealers by name [...]
Legendary figures of the drug game have been the province of myth and hearsay until the rise of hip-hop. Cocaine or gangsta rap is crack era nostalgia taken to its extreme. Read these stories and interviews where hustling and hip-hop collide.
Legendary figures of the drug game have been the province of myth and hearsay until the rise of hip-hop where rappers name drop weaponry by style number and drug dealers by name [...]
In Columbus, Ohio there was a group of youngsters that held it down like original gangsters. They lived by the code of the street and kept it old school [...]
Is the rap game the new drug game? With all these rappers fronting, styling and profiling you would think so. From it’s origins in New York to LA gangsta rap to the bling-bling of the 90s to the South’s ascension hip-hop has always took its cue from the streets [...]
“Ground zero for gangsters- the Southside of Jamaica, Queens. Home to multi platinum rappers like 50 Cent and legendary crack era druglords like Fat Cat and Supreme [...]
The crazier a gang member is the more respect he gets from his gang. And this works for inter gang relationships too. The more brutal and terrorizing a gang is the less other gangs want to fuck with them on any type of level- MS-13 currently holds the crown as craziest gang in the country [...]
To live by a code, to embody that ideal, to be the real deal that is death before dishonor. A lot of dudes talk about keeping it real and staying true to the game but when they get busted and snitch they say, “Charge it to the game.” [...]
50 Cent- gangsta rapper, multi-platinum artist, G-unit honcho, movie star, clothing line CEO, vitamin water pitchman, street lit publisher. Fifty seems to have all the bases covered [...]
Gorilla Convict writer Soul Man federal prison register #18205-083, is in the 12th year of a 25-year mandatory minimum sentence for dealing LSD [...]
Homo-Thugs
You see them in every prison. Homo-thugs. Creeping on the low. Acting like they’re gangstas. Going hard and then breaking weak. Swearing they ain’t faggots [...]
What constitutes a snitch? How far can one take it? When is telling not telling? In today’s world the lines aren’t so clear cut and dried [...]