Does the NYPD equate the rap industry with the Mafia?
It comes down to not understanding the culture. But the hip-hop industry is not making it easy for itself with the whole “Stop Snitching” thing. When the authorities see rappers who are not cooperating with the police and they see all these shootings and homicides, to them, that borders on organized crime. Continue reading this feature in the June 2006 issue of XXL (#81).
