Secret 丨 Why do rap singers have been gangsters?

This article is reproduced from "Dr. X"

Today when your aunt knows rap

No one expected that

would become a new cultural movement of this era

This piece of authentic American imported

made in the 21st century started in 1970 Every frustrated young man stands up

/Han Hong used hiphop to strongly respond to the doubts of the bandits at the "Double 11" Tmall gala/

cultural output + national carnival

introduction, which is the charm of hiphop

but modern rap comes from The birth of

on the dangerous streets of New York

slums

is doomed that hiphop cannot be separated from crime and gangs

If you have a little understanding of the European and American rap circles

, ​​you will find that many rappers are ruthless people with gang backgrounds

But Why?

Let’s start with the most topical legendary gangster

in the United States-the blood gang, and start talking about

Original Bloods Family (Original Bloods Family)

One of the most notorious street gangs in American history,

, ​​was founded in 1970 New York

Los Angeles and Chicago have more than 25,000 members

is the most influential street gang in the United States

and is deeply affected by globalization. It has penetrated in Asia

, ​​including Hong Kong, Macau,

, ​​and even the Guangdong and Guangxi

throughout China, Japan and South Korea. The branch

is collectively called Asian SSS Family Guerrilla Bloods.

/Blood Gang Red/

Because a large number of gang members live in a very small area,

bowed their heads but looked up and saw

, ​​so they had to find a way to distinguish between each other

, ​​so they chose to put on their aunt’s red headscarf

to show their blood gang. Identity

is not only that,

, ​​they also use a variety of bright red clothing, bracelets

to high-profile their gang identity

/ distinctive blood gang match /

/ blood gang hand-made bracelets /

and the clothes are counted as printed The cute Snoopy

can also give you a second creation of

into a taste of blood

/"Hunter Snoopy" on the T-shirt/

The blood gang has a series of special gesture symbols

used as communication codes or intimidation The most classic opponent

is the "inverted OK"

, ​​and the higher-level

is like a sign language test.

represents regions from different blood gangs and warns

/forms the shape of the letter CK, which means crip killer, which specializes in killing lame gangs. /

In addition to hands,

, ​​they even invented a more complex body language

such as blinking to indicate "Do you have a weapon?"

Wiping the nose is "I have no weapon"

If you see some European and American stars,

It’s not good to pose in front of the camera,

will give you an "upside down" pose.

/NBA star Pierce was fined $25,000/

for the gang gesture that was OK during the game. Then you have to pay attention to

. He has a bloody social background

/rapper 69 and him In addition to gestures,

, ​​

, ​​you can also identify

from their tattoos/a standard tattoo body that brings together all blood gang symbols such as pitbulls, guns, names, and five-pointed stars/

usually five-pointed stars It is the standard

for blood gang members and the numbers "0, 3, 1" are very important to the East Coast blood gang.

usually "0" means blood

"3" means 31 gang rules that must be followed

"1" means for everyone

/number or street number representing the member/

Zz

is a national organized crime

including murder, robbery, assault and drug trafficking

/GTA5, Chamberlain gang alluded to the blood gang/

looking at the entire European and American hip-hop circle

many rappers have blood gang backgrounds such as born in the UK

but After dropping out of college at 21savage

who grew up in Atlanta, he joined the blood gang

as a drug dealer

and was repeatedly involved in rifles

. There is also an East Coast female rapper who sucks powder with poisonous tongues-CardiB

/This year's "America Has Hip Hop" also please Because of her experience as a judge/

as a famous former stripper

, ​​16-year-old CardiB sought the asylum of a gang organization early on

. Her early MV "Red Barz" brought real blood gang members to appear

in addition to these new generation rapper

OG levels As long as the old rapper

was born from the bottom of the blacks,

cannot avoid being contaminated with gangs

, ​​such as The Game

, ​​a veritable "hip-hop thug"

, ​​who was born in Compton. The music subject of

is mostly about blood gang thug life

/ was born a gang since childhood The Game of the environment integrates these experiences into creation, and has been shortlisted for two Grammy Awards/

. In addition to the entertainment industry, there are also many sports stars with blood gang backgrounds

, ​​such as the NBA Washington Wizards "Wall Brother" (John Wall)

/

, ​​which is more familiar than the wall brother with blood gang gestures/

, ​​has the godfather-level "Snoop Dogg" (Snoop Dogg)

and the hot music biography film

"Out of CommScope" The Easy-E

in "Ton", but they do not belong to the blood gang

but its hostile gang, "Crips" (Crips)

The crip gang and the blood gang are like two rap training bases

continue to provide for the European and American rap career. Talent

/ The blood gang and the crippled gang live together like twin brothers in /

. The

outside of the "rap" is about the bloody past of the blood gang and the crippled

The gang story is the big IP of film and television works. You may more or less know the blood gang

from film and television dramas. For example,

, ​​which is online these days, is the legendary gang-colored American drama "The Godfather of Harlem"

/This year Epix's crime drama "The Godfather of Harlem" adapted from the New York gang /

But the water is active and the tree has root

z1 z No one has a good day, but

ran to join the gangster

in the 1960s

the American economy was hit by inflation disasters

plus the Vietnam War

social turmoil

various criminal groups are like piles of shells The chrysalis

ushered in spring

/war, assassination, riots, riots...The 1960s is undoubtedly the bloodiest and chaotic era in American history/

there are a large number of black youths discriminated against and cannot find jobs

cannot rent a house

extremely lack of ownership White people don’t think of them as people.

, ​​in their eyes,

, ​​the black people on the street are undoubtedly a walking humanoid bomb.

legendary rapper 2pac vividly portrays

in his

"Me Against the World" The predicament of being in a black slum

"I have nothing,

alone is the enemy against the world,

trapped in this game,

crisis-ridden city,

chasing police,

guns full of bullets ,

people keep falling...

and I can only move forward with fear,

I also start my counterattack. "

/The legendary rapper who died in a gang shot, Tupac Shakur/

So many black youth

joined the ultra-left revolutionary organization

, ​​which advocated equal rights for blacks at the time-the Black Panther Party

wearing a beret

joining the gang,

, ​​in the eyes of the young man, is the most awesome thing. The original intention of

/Black Panthers was to fight against violent law enforcement and was purely self-defense, so it advocated the use of force by members/

, ​​but the commotion gradually lost control

evolved into black riots in various states

so in 1968 the FBI said:

Black Panthers The party is the biggest threat to the internal stability of the United States

and began to sweep the "black" and eradicate evil

Black Panther leader was killed

The big brother on the road was either missing

or was going to go to prison

/the once brilliant black power (black power) ), the Black Panther Party logo/

With the dissolution of the Black Panther Party

many members of the bottom have lost their direction in life

are in a vacuum in society

a black gang named "Crips" came into being

By constantly absorbing large and small street gangs

, ​​it developed rapidly and became the most influential gangster in the United States in the 1970s:

/blue is the protective color of the lame/

The original lame gang

was really not a murder and arson

on the contrary

They hope to establish an organization dedicated to the rights of blacks,

, ​​which is quite familiar to the Black Panther Party

/Cripple Gang Founding Declaration/

But there are also many local gangs who expressed dissatisfaction with

, ​​so they united

to form an "anti-crimp alliance" ( Anti-Crip Alliance)

is also the enmity of the lame gang-the predecessor of the blood gang,

. The two factions competed in the 70s.

were both real guns and live ammunition

. Every day countless people die in gang struggles

/blood gang The battle scars left by the members/

and more cruel

Some children were executed directly on the street

only because he joined the rival gang

In the memoirs of the blood gang members

he wrote that he joined the gang

and was called by the boss The pickup truck

shot

on the lame kid on the street, but he was only in the fourth grade at that time

/Many gang members are still in their teens, many children died in gang wars/

44% of crimes in the United States in the past decade

are all because of gang conflicts, which led to

, ​​the real crime city

vice city

They went farther and farther on the original path of self-defense z 2z

's illegal activities include drug dealing, prostitution, blackmail and murder

lame gang and blood gang have become totally criminal gangs

burning, killing and looting, all evil is done

/member simulation boy execution scene/

but

also derived from the fire fight Many gang cultures

, ​​in a strict sense, are the grandfathers of subcultures

graffiti is a beautiful landscape of slums

gangs usually use graffiti to mark their territory

, ​​and the lame blood gang

in the war period will also be on the wall. The other party was drawn

/gang war in graffiti/

and the street dance that pays attention to real rap and freedom

inherits the spiritual mantle of gang culture

. It can even be said that street gangs created rap and street dance

OG, which is broken from hip-hop variety show. The circled word

now generally refers to the veteran-level people

, ​​but it originally came from the gang

, ​​the original meaning Original Gangster

, ​​which is also the "original gang"

because when the police caught the gang members,

had to write that his old club belonged to the east or the west.

They will use the abbreviation OG

/gang members arrested by the police/

and, for example, the blood gang to celebrate the victory

Shaking fancy gestures

rubbing on the floor

evolved into the famous break-b-walk action in hip-hop

/The lame gang also invented break-c-walk, the "b" and "c" in the names of these two dance steps , Which represent blood and crip/

respectively, and a bottle of beer called "Old English 800"

(olde english800)

became the spiritual source of the black brother's 7:5 degrees

/ in the gang it was called "8ball", Now 8ball no longer refers to alcohol, but drugs./

One is cheap

1.2 liters sell for $1

is a great value in black slums

Second, because of the large amount of

, ​​it is often used to sacrifice members in the struggle The

on the tomb was used to pay tribute to the brothers

, ​​just like we spilled white wine during the tomb sweeping

Although these gang cultures

later evolved into popular products

, ​​in reality the gang war between the two factions is real and cruel. Killed more than 15,000 lives

and many of them are still young teenagers

or even children

and innocent people

/ young soldiers of blood gang members/

and the management of the blood gang

in order to mobilize the enthusiasm of employees

personnel system adopted The frenzied point ranking system

If you want to increase the ranking

, ​​you have to complete the task score, such as:

defend your neighborhood

open up a new site

take any means to make money

or participate in gang wars to increase your points

and between two people The above-mentioned blood gang members can only be counted as

/Ghost’s own texts. In order to encrypt the transaction information, it can be comparable to Klingon./

Therefore, the older the blood gang is, the higher the gang level is

. High

criminal record is also more dangerous

kills more people

/ A member of the blood gang was arrested for shooting, and the man who died was a father who picked up his daughter at a train station/

It took a certain amount of courage to join the blood gang in the 1980s

usually has to fight for 30 seconds

or go to the street to randomly hack a stranger

don’t want to hack, hack, and kill

unless you betray from the crippled gang

or you have a feud with the crippled gang

, ​​who is in your family or brother The lame gang killed

and you want to leave the blood gang

, ​​you have to bleed

because the blood gang has a rule: "Blood in and out"

(Blood In, Blood Out)

just like this, the gang war between the two factions of

has lasted for more than ten years.

After the 1990s, the rise of

hip-hop culture

made the two factions usher in the first non-violent subcultural exchange in history

/Introduction to peacelove/

Los Angeles police beat unarmed black driver

in the 1990s

This incident became the fuse

triggered the Los Angeles riot

all black people united in one heart

vented the anger of history on the street

blood gang crippled gang ceased war

/Thousands of people in the riots The National Guard arrested 58 people and died. Los Angeles was reduced to hell in 1992/

In 1993,

, ​​a rap organization called "BloodsCrips" (BloodsCrips), released their first album,

. The real gang members

/ are selling quite well, the sales volume exceeded 500,000/

and

in order to carry out the love and peace of hiphop

, ​​the two factions once again literary and artistic gala

, ​​together with the first anti-gang violence rap

/all The star lineup of "We're all in the same gang", the blood help the lame helper hand in hand,There is no more bullet rain/

but the NWA rap group

from Compton has set off a wave of black groups against police violent law enforcement. The story of

/NWA was adapted into the 2012 biographical film "Out of Compton"

. The film has been a great success worldwide. Two of them are lame gang members/

. The relationship between the two factions has finally been eased.

has reached a settlement in most areas

has even formed an alliance

. Violent bloodshed has also been reduced year by year, and the blood gang has been the first to break.

started to accept Mexicans and Chinese and other people of color, especially Chinese,

/Asian blood gang members/

, ​​but the new era is coming.

Even criminal groups such as the Mafia and Yamaguchi have begun to decline.

Not to mention street gangs

So, the blood gang also began to keep up with the pace of the times

With the advent of the Internet age

The modern blood gang also began to set up their own website

/ An ancient breath of red alert came to your face /

emoji has become a contemporary language dictionary

and what you don’t know is that the

expression can also be used as a secret code for gang transactions

/Gang: "Gang" means "gang", using gas stations, red A and ng to brighten the gang identity/

Today, the technical staff of the

gang have already been proficient in using

ins, Facebook, Twitter and YouTube to recruit recruits.

has made many students who have not been involved in the world to be excited.

They will match the luxurious life photos of the blood gang members

and say that there is one. The way to make quick money

Do you want to come?

plus the rise of rap culture

Thug Life (thug life) has set off a wave among

young people

/American high school students follow the trend and shoot guns on social media, than gang gestures/

, ​​such as being involved in federal crime some time ago The surveyed rapper 69

is a typical example of gang chasing

69 because the first hit single

"Gummo" in 2017 burst into the hip-hop circle

in order to make himself like a ruthless person

, ​​he took the initiative to tell the lead

to think I filmed the MV

with gangster so I found a bunch of blood gang members

to wear the iconic red headscarf in the MV

/This song has been played 350 million times on the tubing

and ranked 12th on the billboard list

He was officially ranked as a new rap star/

through the gang’s personality and the good work

69 and quickly accumulated a large number of fans

, ​​so at the beginning of each song,

69 had to roar the slogan of his own blood group

and after entering the blood group, he became

. The local blood gang's automatic teller machine

subsidized the illegal activities of the gang

in exchange for the gang’s personality, street reputation, and personal safety

/The 69 explanation in court, the original intention of joining the blood gang

just wanted to pass the gang. Suppose, in the entertainment industry, the Qiafan/

social network makes the life style of the gang more colorful.

The image of the gang who exposes the luxury car, exposes the money and the gun, can be seen everywhere on the Internet

and no one knows how many young people will be affected by them

I think how tempting the gang life is.

, ​​so I take the initiative to join the gang

/69 shared on social networks/

like this

The Internet blood gang in the new era

inadvertently operates under your nose

celebrity celebrities build momentum for it

Through funds for blood transfusion for gangs

using emerging technologies, direct online recruitment of

who want to do various illegal transactions

has long been able to use network communication to cover up people's eyes and eyes

/The U.S. police are also recruiting headaches for arrogant gangs on social networks/

but not Everyone likes the style of the gang

fromCardiB

from the blood gang said that she used to go out with them often to play

. She then added:

"It is not recommended that young people follow her to join the gang,

consumes money and time, and often meets, too tired

but the most important thing Yes, in the end you won’t be able to get out.”

But at the end of the day

, ​​no matter how novel the gang’s methods and forms are, there is no way to change the fact that it is illegal and criminal. The money relationship

is not the peacelove

they often talk about. Instead, it is full of crime and evil, blood and tears, resistance and riots.

is closely linked with the history of the struggle for black rights.

Gang life is undoubtedly a corner of the slums. Black people can't pretend to ignore

This is a multiple-choice question that must be faced

But not every gang member

can walk on the Avenue of Stars like a rap star

In the past few years, thanks to a variety show

, ​​let us come across the ocean. Hiphop has become a phenomenon-level new cultural movement

Everyone knows what freestyle is

and nothing is more deeply rooted than our corporate units

and the people’s public security public security rap

/ from the Songbai Police Station of the Public Security Bureau of Shennongjia, Hubei, one The trap of the "post-90s" policeman rap/

A wave of people’s public security’s reverse output

vigilant against the historical nihilism of rap culture

opened up another characteristic rap road

maybe only in this way can

rap root

in the motherland More stable