I N D E X

Newark, N.J., 193–95

peer-to-peer (P2P) file sharing, 11–14

Newsweek, 160

Pendergrass, Teddy, 83

New York: drug laws in, 143–48, 160; Perrin, Keith, 67–69

gangs in, 22–23; Hot 97 radio in, 50, Philadelphia Hip Hop Summit, 154

81–82; Operation Commitment in, 24; Phillips, Johnny, 94

radio stations in, 79–80; �śRapper’s Phillips, Sam, 101–2

Delight” on WBLS radio station in,

�śPillow Talk,” 12

16, 17; Zulu Nation in, 23–25

Pipher, Mary, 222

New York Times, 95–96, 128, 145, 210, 212, police, 197. See also criminal justice 234

system

Nichols, Darren, 196–97, 203

political/social activism and hip hop: nigger/ nigga as term, 87

and California juvenile justice system,

�śNight of the Living Baseheads” (video), 178–83; challenges to and strengths of, 212

253; and Chuck D, 118–20; Combs’s Cit-Nike, 244

izen Change, 249–52; debate on, 148–

Nobody Knows My Name (film), 221

52; and Dublin, Calif., prison com-No Doubt, 44

plex, 179, 183–85; and electoral politics, No Limit Records, 64–65

251–52; Hip Hop Summit Action Net-Notorious B.I.G. (Christopher work (HSAN), 148, 152–58, 160–62, Wallace/Biggie), 2, 61

249; and Kilpatrick as �śhip hop mayor”

novels. See hip-hop lit of Detroit, 188, 196–200, 202–4, 205; N Sync, 34

and Kilpatrick’s majoral campaign

�śNuthin’ But a �ŚG’ Thang,” 50

in Detroit, 192; and KRS-One, 240–

N.W.A. (Niggaz With Attitude), 41, 46, 48, 41; �śmessage” or �śpolitical” rap, 21; 82–83, 93–98, 102–3

National Hip Hop Political Conven-tion, 158–59, 249; political agenda for, O’Brien, Guy. See Master Gee (Guy 151; presidential election (2004), 249–

O’Brien)

53; and Public Enemy, 118–20; and O’Jays, 83

racial politics, 150, 151; Simmons and O’Neal, Alexander, 83

changes to New York drug laws, 143–48, O’Neal, Shaquille, 60

160; �śStop the Super-Jail” campaign,

�śOne Less Bitch,” 95

178–85; �śStop the Violence Movement,”

Outkast, 65, 73, 77, 220

241; and urban problems generally, Out of Sight, Out of Mind, 173

204–5; voter registration and voting behavior, 154–55, 157, 161–62, 249–52; Palladium club, 99

Zulu Nation, 23–25

Paris (rapper), 240

Polygram Records, 11, 120

Parks, Gordon, 59–60, 61

Pony ad campaign, 209

Pataki, George E., 143–45, 147

pop music, definition of, 39–40

�śpay-for-play” arrangements, 135, 138

pornography, 207–11, 216–19

�śP. Diddy” Combs. See Combs, Sean �śP.

presidential election (2004), 249–53

Diddy” (�śPuĆł Daddy”)

Presley, Elvis, 92, 101, 102, 107

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