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Thus the real hustlers needed a new hustle. The rise of gangsta nature pics rap in the early 1990s, complete with its glamorization nature pics of violent street life, offered a viable alternative. This brings us to the author's subtitle: The Rise of the Hip-Hop Hustler. nature pics Here Brown spends the next few chapters describing the ways in which imprisoned and recently paroled street hustlers formed alliances with persons in the hip-hop game. These partnerships were of mutual benefit. Many hustlers were able to enter the now financially lucrative hip-hop industry as managers, promoters, and producers. On the other hand, hip-hop cats like Tupac Shakur and Irv Lorenzo "Gotti" were able to garner much needed street credibility to overcome their "backstreet boy" image. (I am sure I am not the only person that remembers a pre-Death Row Tupac Shakur doing the Humpty Dance!) For true lovers of hip-hop like myself, this is where the text turns tragic. As the author explicates the deleterious implications of the hustler/hip-hop alliance one cannot help but long for the good ol' days of Mc Shan and BDP's The Bridge/The Bridge Is Overbeef.
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