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Can't Stop Won't Stop

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by Jeff Chang


  monopolies, 439–445, 447

  misogyny, 326, 327, 332, 344–345, 413, 452

  “neo-soul” marketing strategy, 445–448

  “Planet Rock,” 170–173

  politics, 413, 450–455, 464–465

  polyculturalism, 421–422

  race relations, 151–152, 154–155, 168, 425, 448–450

  recording industry, 129–134

  repression of, 455–463

  self-consciousness in, 445–448

  The Source, 410–415

  South Bronx geography, 109–111

  style, 109–125

  b-boying, 114–118, 136–139

  DJing, 109–114

  graffiti, 118–125, 134–135

  term of, 156

  underground, 422–423

  as urban lifestyle, 417–419, 423–428

  War on Youth, 455–457

  world tour, 182–184

  Hip-Hop Generation, term of, 2

  Hip Hop Summit Action Network, 454–455

  Hitler, Adolf, 266

  Hollywood/BASIC, 418

  Holman, Michael, 162, 169, 194, 410

  Holmes, Dewayne “Sniper,” 365, 386

  Home Invasion, 399

  Homies Unidos, 458, 459, 460

  homophobia, 254–255, 327, 402–403, 413

  Honeydrippers, 256

  Hoover, J. Edgar, 24, 46, 222

  Hopkinson, Nalo, 21

  Horn, Trevor, 163

  Hot Coochie Mamaz, 302

  Hot Tuna, 111

  housing complexes

  Jamaica, 26

  Los Angeles, California, 308, 358–359

  South Bronx, 11

  Howard Beach incident, New York City, 225–228, 247, 277

  Howe, Neil, 1, 2

  “How We Gonna Make the Black Nation Rise,” 179

  Huang, Yong Xin, 456

  Hudlin, Reginald, 249

  Hudlin, Warrington, 249

  Hudson, Keith, 35

  Huey, Baby, 261

  Huggins, John, 312

  Hughes, Albert, 249

  Hughes, Allen, 249

  Hundt, Reed, 442

  Hunt, Matthew, 386

  Hunter, Catfish, 10, 16

  Hurston, Zora Neale, 116

  Hussein, Saddam, 437

  “Hustler Convention,” 113

  Hutton, Bobby, 46

  “I Ain’t Tha 1,” 319

  Ibrahim, Abdullah “Dollar Brand,” 240

  Ice Cube. See Jackson, O’Shea “Ice Cube”

  Ice Tea. See Marrow, Tracey “Ice T”

  “I Don’t Want Nobody to Give Me Nothing (Open the Door, I’ll Get It Myself)”, 253

  “I Know You Got Soul,” 259, 261

  “Iko Iko,” 191

  “Ill-Legal,” 300

  Illuminai 666, 437

  immigrants

  anti-immigration laws, 391

  King, Rodney riots, 373–375

  Los Angeles repression of, 458–461

  Immigration and Naturalization Service (INS), Los Angeles gangs, 458–461

  “Impeach the President,” 256, 261

  “I’m Your Captain,” 53

  The Incredible Bongo Band, 79, 168

  India.Arie, 446

  indie labels, 443–444

  “Industry Rule No. 4080,” 425

  Infinity Lessons, 106

  Infinity Machine (DJ unit), 237

  Infinity Rappers, 183

  Inner Circle, 37

  integration. See race relations

  International Monetary Fund (IMF), 32, 39

  intifada, 267

  Isaacs, Gregory, 4

  Island Pictures, 408

  Island Records, 27, 163, 408

  Israel, 266, 267

  “It’s Man’s World,” 446

  “It’s Just Begun,” 139, 192

  “It’s Like That,” 203, 241

  It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back, 263–264, 272, 273, 280, 283, 341

  “I Wanna Kill Sam,” 343

  “I Want’

  IZ. See Martin, Mike “IZ THE WIZ”

  Jackson, Aziz, 101

  Jackson, George, 304, 305, 306, 334

  Jackson, Henry “Big Bank Hank,” 130

  Jackson, Jesse, 217, 265–268, 276, 279, 293, 365, 395, 403, 451

  Jackson, Jonathan, 304, 305, 306, 334

  Jackson, Mahalia, 240

  Jackson, Michael, 191, 228, 245, 418

  Jackson, O’Shea 317–318, 319, 320, 326, 328, 329, 330, 331–337, 342–353, 414, 420, 424

  Jackson, Reggie, 7–8, 9, 18–19

  Jafa, Arthur, 271

  Jam, Billy, 320

  Jamaica, 21–39

  DJ Kool Herc, 68

  economy of, 32

  hip-hop music, 22

  politics in, 31–34, 36–37

  Rastafari, 23–26

  record industry, 26–30, 38–39

  violence in, 32–33, 38

  Jamaica Festival Song Competition, 23

  Jamaican Labour Party (JLP), 23, 25, 31, 33, 34, 37, 38

  James, Darry, 425

  James, George G. M., 270

  James, Rick, 172

  James TOP, 15

  “Jamming,” 38

  Janis, Sidney, 198, 199

  Janis Gallery, 198–199

  Japan, 189–190

  Jardim, Gary, 91–92, 171

  Jas. Funk, 408

  Javelins (gang), 42

  Jay-Z, 447, 448

  jazz, hip-hop culture, 147–148

  Jazzy Jay. See Byas, Jayson “Jazzy Jay”

  “Jazzy Sensation,” 172

  JB, 260

  JBC radio, 31

  Jefferson Starship, 260

  Jensen, Robert, 17

  Jeru The Damaja, 448

  Jewish Defense Organization, 267–268

  Jhang-Park, Yumi, 350

  Jim Crow laws, 390

  Joe Gibbs Music, 132

  John, Elton, 304

  Johnson, Darrell “K-Dee,” 299

  Johnson, Lyndon B., 379

  Jones, Grace, 151

  Jones, Lisa, 272

  Jones, Louis Clayton, 196, 198

  Jones, Pete “DJ,” 83, 112, 128

  Jones, Quincy, 423, 424

  Jones, Stan “the Guitar Man,” 318–319

  jonkanoo style, 25

  Jonnes, Jill, 13

  Jordan, Michael, 252, 417

  J-Ro, 316

  Juicy, 242

  Jung, George, 206

  Just Allah the Superstar, 163

  “Just 4 the Cash,” 300

  juvenile justice system, 387, 452–453, 455–457

  JVC Force, 256

  KAGRO boycott, 351–353

  Kam, 344, 381–382, 383

  Kang, James, 373

  Karenga, Maulana, 191, 264, 274, 310, 312, 334, 403

  Karlin, Joyce, 352

  Katz, David, 34, 39

  “Keep on Pushing,” 13

  Kelley, Herman, 139

  Kelley, Robin D. G., 421

  Kelly, Gene, 194

  Kelly, Jim, 27

  Kemp, Jack, 379

  Kennedy, Lisa, 272

  Kennedy, Robert F., 46

  Keys, Alicia, 446

  Khaddafi, Moammar, 253

  Khomeini, Ayatollah, 253

  Kid Frost. See Molina, Arthuro “Kid Frost”

  Kim, Claire Jean, 294

  Kim, David, 353

  Kim, Gary, 341

  Kim, Yang Il, 351

  King, Albert, 374

  King, Larry, 386

  King, Martin Luther, Jr., 9, 13, 15, 46, 77, 203, 220, 233, 264, 268, 277, 347, 451, 452, 454

  King, Rodney, 338, 348, 352, 357, 365, 366, 368–378, 397, 414

  King Charles (DJ unit), 237

  Kings of Pressure, 247, 256

  King Tech, 441

  King Tee, 316, 344, 350

  “King Tim III (Personality Jock)”, 130

  King Tubby (Osborne Ruddock), 29, 35–36

/>   King Tubbys Meets Rockers Uptown, 36

  Kirkpatrick, Jeanne, 217

  Kitwana, Bakari, 2

  “KKK Bitch,” 397–398

  KK Rockwell, 186

  Klein, Dave “Funken,” 411, 413, 418

  Klein, Joe, 278

  Klein, Naomi, 425

  KMD, 418

  Knight, Suge, 434, 452

  Koch, Ed, 161, 181, 227, 228, 267, 293

  Kool DJ D, 96, 97

  Kool G Rap, 398

  Kool Moe Dee, 133, 274

  KOOR, 199

  Korean-American Coalition (KAC), 349

  Korean shopkeepers

  Death Certificate, 348–350

  King, Rodney riots, 372–373, 378–379

  Los Angeles, California, 338–341, 352–353, 384

  New York City, 293–294, 346–347

  KOS, 144

  Kostick, John, 196–197

  Kraftwerk, 172

  K-Rob, 200, 201

  Kroll, Jack, 277–278

  KRS-1, 248, 269, 274, 320

  Kru-Cut Records, 300

  Krush Groove (film), 192, 234

  Ku Klux Klan, 307

  kumina style, 25

  Kuriaki, 137, 205

  Kweli, Talib, 448

  LADY PINK. See Fabara, Sandra “LADY PINK”

  Lanier, Zambu, 101

  La Rock, Coke, 78, 81, 82

  La Rock, Scott, 248, 269, 274

  Last Poets, 113, 249

  L.A. Sunshine, 133

  Lathan, Stan, 193

  Lauper, Cyndi, 393

  Lavoe, Hector, 191

  Laylaw, 303

  L Brothers, 114, 127

  Leach, Robin, 221

  Leadbelly, 407, 408

  leadership (Black)

  artists as, 268–270, 273–276

  politics, 268–270

  Leaders of The New School, 418

  The Learning Tree, 192

  Lee, Bruce, 27, 29, 249

  Lee, David, 368

  Lee, Edward Song, 373

  Lee, Jimmy, 137

  Lee, K. W., 341

  Lee, Lisa, 192

  Lee, Sam, 373

  Lee, Spike, 119, 249, 263, 276–279, 280, 286, 346–347, 417

  Lehder, Carlos Rivas, 206

  Leland, John, 255, 273, 276, 283

  Len, Lenny, 110, 140

  Lerman, Steve, 357, 376

  Less Than Zero (Ellis), 269–270

  Lester, Sheena, 326, 328, 426

  “Let Me Ride,” 419, 420

  “Let’s Dance to the Drummer’s Beat,” 139

  Letts, Don, 154

  Levin, Kim, 141

  Levi-Strauss, Claude, 90

  Lewis, Jerry Lee, 189

  Libya, 253, 266

  Lichtenstein, Roy, 153

  Lieberman, Joe, 452

  “Lies,” 241

  Lil’ Benny, 408

  “Lil’ Ghetto Boy,” 420

  Lil’ Jon and the Eastside Boyz, 453

  Lindsay, John V., 61, 134, 240

  “Listen to Me,” 261

  “Little Deuce Coupe,” 231–232

  Live and Let Die, 398

  “Living for the City,” 178

  LL Cool J, 204, 209, 231, 243, 252, 255, 303

  Logue, Edward, 17

  Long Island, New York, Black Belt of, 232–239, 271, 274. See also Black suburbia

  The Long Run, 170

  “Look

  “Lord Have Mercy,” 335

  Los Angeles, California, 210–211, 299–303

  Crips gang, 311–314

  dance styles, 301–302

  drug trade in, 208, 209, 302

  economic development efforts, 382–385

  economy, 314–315

  King, Rodney riots, 368–378

  politics, 387–392

  race relations, 307–309, 338–341, 357–358

  schools, 463–464

  Watts, 307–311

  Los Angeles gangs, 308, 309, 310, 311–314, 322–325

  geography and, 358–359

  history of, 359–361

  outreach efforts to, 361–364

  peace efforts, 357–358, 365–368, 382, 384, 385–387, 400

  political reprisals on, 387–391

  repression by, 458–463

  violence, 364–365

  Los Angeles Police Department

  gangs and, 323–325, 365, 385, 386–391

  King, Rodney riots, 369–371, 372, 374–375

  Nation of Islam and, 362

  repression by, 456–463

  Watts riots, 309–310

  Los Latinos, 408

  “Louder than a Bomb,” 264

  Louima, Abner, 455

  Lovebug Starski, 84, 114, 130

  “Love Is the Message,” 130–131

  “Love Rain,” 446

  “Love Rap,” 133

  Lungren, Dan, 398

  Lynch, Monica, 418, 419

  Machuki, Count, 78

  Mack, Craig, 256

  Mack, Greg, 211, 350

  Maddox, Alton, 227–228

  Madhubuti, Haki, 345

  Madonna, 174, 393

  Magee, Ruchell, 305

  Magett, Sonya, 413

  Magic Mike, 444

  Magida, Arthur, 266

  Magnificent Force, 192

  “The Magnificent Seven,” 154

  Mahlathini, 164

  Mahotella Queens, 164

  Mailer, Norman, 160–161, 243

  Maisonave, Ismael, 64

  Makgona Tshole Band, 164

  Malcolm X, 8–9, 15, 31, 100, 147, 222, 253, 258, 420 264, 268, 269, 273, 277, 279, 280, 334, 414, 453 449

  Males, Mike, 387

  Mallouk, Suzanne, 201

  malt liquor advertising campaign, 350–353

  Malveaux, Julianne, 401

  Mandela, Nelson, 216, 220, 253

  Mandela, Winnie, 253

  Mandrill, 261

  Mankwane, Marks, 164

  Manley, Michael, 31–33, 34, 36, 38

  Mao, Jeff, 200, 201

  Mao Zedong, 253

  Mapp, Ben, 272

  Marable, Manning, 224

  March on Washington (1963), 404–405, 454

  marijuana, 145–146. See also drug addiction

  marketing, hip-hop culture, 417–419, 423–428, 447–448

  Markie, Biz, 256

  Marley, Bob, 22–23, 27, 28, 33, 34, 35, 37, 38, 39, 84, 169, 170, 276

  Marley, Rita, 33–34

  Marriott, Rob, 328, 429

  Marrow, Tracey “Ice T,” 210, 301, 331, 373, 384, 393, 394, 396–398, 399, 419, 425

  Marsh, David, 326

  Marshall, Bucky, 36–37

  Marshall, Joe, 441

  Marshall, Thurgood, 279

  martial arts, b-boying, 115

  Martin, Billy, 7, 8, 18–19

  Martin, Ian, 397

  Martin, Lionel, 418

  Martin, Michael, 441, 442–443

  Martin, Mike “IZ THE WIZ,” 179, 181–182

  Martin, Vincent “Ivanhoe,” 26–27

  Martinez, Bob, 393

  Martinez, Hugo, 118, 152

  Marvelous, 228

  Mason, C. Vernon, 227–228

  Massenburg, Kedar, 446

  Massop, Claudie, 37, 38

  Master Killa, 427

  “Mastica Chupa Y Jala,” 65

  Matty C and Reef, 413

  Mau Maus (Chicago gang), 46

  Mayfield, Curtis, 13, 318

  Mayo, Kierna, 414

  Mays, David, 406, 410–411, 412, 415, 423, 427, 428–434

  MCA Records, 181, 287

  McCabe, Jewell Jackson, 401

  McClain, John, 305

  McCollough, Robert, 260

  McCoy, Alfred, 205

  McDaniels, Matthew, 370

  McDaniels, Ralph, 418

  McDougall, John, 397

  MC GLOBE, 172

  McGluery, Jay, 96

  McGregor, Harry “Allen,” 232, 236, 238, 240–243. See als
o Allen, Harry

  M.C. Hammer, 425, 441

  McIntyre, Makanda Ken, 240

  McKenzie River Corporation advertising campaign, 350–353

  McLaren, Malcolm, 162–165, 169, 174, 175, 194, 238

  MC Lyte, 445

  MC Shan, 256, 257, 258

  media

  b-boying, 156–157

  Death Certificate, 347–349

  Do the Right Thing (film), 276–279

  graffiti crackdown, 181

  graffiti culture, 199–200

  hip-hop culture, 184, 192–193, 249, 409–412, 423–426

  Ice T, 398

  Jackson, Jesse/Farrakhan, Louis, 265–266

  King, Rodney riots, 373–374, 382

  King, Rodney trial, 357

  Los Angeles gangs, 385–386

  monopolies, 439–445, 447

  Public Enemy, 255, 279–280, 283–292, 294, 295, 296–297

  race relations, 251–252, 340–341

  Sister Souljah (Lisa Williamson), 394–396

  structural changes in, 415–417

  zines, 423

  Melendez, Benjamin, 40, 48, 50–52, 53, 54, 55, 57, 58, 60, 64, 65, 72–73

  Melendez, Robert, 51

  Melendez, Ulpiano, 51

  Melendez, Victor, 40, 51, 54, 65

  Melle Mel. See Glover, Melvin “Melle Mel”

  “Melting Pot,” 139

  Mercado, Felipe “Blackie,” 47, 49–50, 53, 61, 62, 64

  Mercury Records, 132

  “The Message,” 178–179, 200–201, 241

  “Message From A Black Man,” 190

  The Meters, 344

  “The Mexican,” 168, 172

  Mfume, Kweisi, 403

  The Mighty Diamonds, 34, 37

  Mighty Force, 114

  Miller, Craig “Kam,” 333

  Miller, Dillinger, 37, 38

  Miller, Ivor, 15, 122

  Miller, Jacob, 36, 37

  Miller, O. G., 304–305

  Miller, Paul D., 67

  Million Man March, 400–405, 407

  Million Woman March, 446

  Mills, David, 280, 284–286, 289, 328, 335, 394

  Mind Squad. See The Source magazine

  The Miseducation of the Negro (Woodson), 270

  misogyny, 326, 327, 332, 344–345, 413, 452

  Mississippi Burning (film), 276

  Mr. Magic’s Rap Attack, 239

  “Mr. President,” 28

  “Miuzi Weighs a Ton,” 246

  Mixmasters Crew, 300

  Mixmaster Spade, 316, 350

  Mobb Deep, 413, 437

  Molina, Arthuro “Kid Frost,” 210, 301

  Mongols (gang), 54

  Monk, Thelonious, 147

  monopolies, media, 439–445, 447

  Montague, Kevin “Kevvy Kev,” 327, 441

  Moon, Sun Myung, 284

  Moore, Emerson J., 227

  Moore, Melba, 452

  Moore, Queen Mother, 403

  Morgan, Joan, 272, 424, 445

  Morgenthau, Robert, 196, 197

  Morricone, Ennio, 168

  Mos Def, 449

  Moses, Robert, 11–12, 18, 48, 51, 82, 232

  Mother Teresa, 17

  Moulin, Mike, 369

  Mour, Linda, 374, 375

  MOVE organization, 209

  Moyers, Bill, 16

  Moynihan, Daniel Patrick, 14, 18

 

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