Chapter 992 Crime and Punishment

What a special report, this is an excellent documentary with a neat structure and clear logic.

Former New York Times reporter Big Pyro compiled a large amount of detailed information, old photos and police bulletins, visited all over the country, and interviewed some early rappers, and fluently stated the whole story of the "Battle of the Bridge". And clear.

"I was sitting here back then, and LaRock was shot in that position, only about ten meters away from me, OMG... Looking back, it seems like it just happened yesterday."

An old black man turned his back to the camera, without showing his face: "In the 1980s, he was a partner with KRS-One. He was very popular on the streets of Brooklyn, and everyone in the neighborhood knew him."

It’s not difficult to interview starlets, just pay them, but it’s not easy to go deep into black neighborhoods to find these witnesses. The gang has always resisted someone investigating the incidents involved in their own territory, especially Big Palo is an elite white man.

With historical photos and voice-overs, Big Parrow explained the whole story of the Battle of the Bridge clearly. The images ranged from clean editing of the run-down neighborhoods in Brooklyn, New York to the West Coast, Los Angeles street scenes, and the background music suddenly jumped from old New York rap to Derry's iconic gangsters. Funk.

The camera cuts to the interior again, where a well-known West Coast rap old-timer in the 1980s is lying on the sofa in a sitting position. Judging from the beautiful and tidy interior furnishings, this guy is considered to be 'ashore', "fights, shootings, Drug trafficking, violent police officers, and poverty, we grew up in this kind of neighborhood, and we sang about what life was like."

After cleverly borrowing the other party's mouth to conclude the "Battle of the Bridge", Big Palo asked: "Why do the singers hate each other?"

"Ha ha……"

The old man smiled, "Think about it, the children who come out of this environment are at the age when no one will sell their money. Suddenly, wow, when they go out to buy a pack of cigarettes, they will meet crazy fans. Coincidentally, they still have Loads of cash to splurge...all kinds of fun, self-proclaiming people come and go around, hell if you don't get lost! Like when I thought I was the king of the block, and if anyone dared to attack me, Honestly, I don't think it's a big deal to teach each other a lesson."

"Lessons?" asked BigPayro, "Beef?"

"Yeah, mutual diss, but things tend to get out of control. Those DJs, fans, and even the people around you don't want to see you shrink back, because they don't want to worship a soft guy as an idol. So..." The old man said half.

"Let's talk about NWA, Big E."

Big Pyro didn't ask any further questions, but went to the next link, Big E's gang background, family history, Compton's block gang, and NWA's later infighting.

"Let me think about it." The old man recalled, "That was... eight or eight years?"

The grievances and hatreds of Big E, Dre, Escouber and others were the top topics in the rap circle during that time, and he was very familiar with them.

Another series of illustrations, voice-over by Big Pyro himself.

Naturally, the first popular white rapper was behind: the part of Vanilla Ice. Su Ge Knight was mentioned for the first time. He earned his first pot of gold by threatening Vanilla Ice with violence. He was still Compton, but This time the showy gang was replaced by Red Blood.

"It is rumored that Big E told people during his lifetime that Su Ge Knight used guns and bats to force him to give up the contract of Derry and others. West Coast rap completed the handover in this violent way, from Ruthless Records to today's death row .”

Bigpyro concluded.

After this small paragraph, the words "90s" appeared in the center of the picture with the Chicago skyline as the background, and the soundtrack was naturally a second-hand store.

'Toot, toot, toot toot...'

Old Morgan's brainwashing saxophone accompaniment, Old Joe's chorus, and Little Lowry's Rap, the clean lyrics and cheerful style of the second-hand store instantly drove away the anger and hostility of the previous old-style rap and NWA infighting DISS songs.

"In the early 1990s, two young people were born here and changed the hip-hop music landscape forever.

Let people know that in addition to the east and west coasts, there is also the Midwest, Chicago. "

Big Paolo strolled on the streets of Nancheng, "They are Lowry II and APLUS!"

"We like them, there is no violence in the lyrics, they are witty and humorous, and their attitude towards life is much more positive and optimistic..."

A former SBK executive said to the camera: "I remember we already had vanilla ice at that time, and we quickly noticed the similar styles between them, so...we signed Lowry into the SBK family. At that time our The concept is: rap music can also be lighthearted and enjoyable, and it doesn’t need to be associated with street violence and crime. We like Little Lowry, he has a sunny and healthy persona, and he plays the guitar very well. …”

There was a large poster hanging behind the executive. It was a snapshot of Lowry's interview when he first became famous. He arrogantly gestured to the camera and made gang gestures. Seeing that he was also in the mirror, Song Ya stood behind him. A look like a follower.

In fact, this photo is just me and Little Lowry. The reporter at the time took the photos very well, and they are all photogenic. This may be the reason why they were selected by SBK and made into posters.

"Is that true? I'd say SBK got it wrong..." BigPaylow said.

"In the early 1990s, GD was the most powerful black gang in the entire city, bar none."

Wearing a GD flower turban, the black man whose face has been blurred talked to the camera, "I know that there are more people with lameness and blood, but we are more united. They have no power like us. The gap between us is like a small shop. stores and chain stores..."

The frontal photos of Song Ya and Little Lowry were presented side by side as accompanying pictures. Fergie and William Adams, who were watching TV with him in the lounge, all laughed. The one I chose should be the broken public house in Nancheng. The ID photos of the students in high school are still very young, with rustic clothes and eyes.

"It's coming again! It's coming again! It's starting again!" Song Ya also spread his hands, rolled his eyes and complained loudly to the TV.

Everyone present laughed together.

Anschutz's people laughed very reluctantly. After the death of Little Lowry, there were many reports about him about himself. This part of the gossip had been dug up long ago, and it was not harmful to him. Song Ya knew Anschutz's people very well. I won't worry about these contents, there must be other "big news" later.

As far as this documentary is concerned, if it is really the strength of Big Paolo, it may take more than a year to collect background information, and then it will take several months to organize a professional team to travel all over the country to interview and shoot. And a lot of money, it must not be that simple.

With a smile on his face, he continued to read.

"Little Lowry and APLUS are both members of GD, and everyone here knows it well. Little Lowry's father had a high status in GD before his death..." said the GD gang member who came out of nowhere.

The accompanying picture was switched to a photo of Little Lowry's father in prison. The person in the picture was somewhat similar to Little Lowry. He should be very young when the photo was taken. Song Ya had never seen this material before.

"APLUS also belongs to GD?" Big Paolo asked.

"Of course, he and Little Lowry are childhood friends, and they always hang out together before they became famous..."

The gang replied: "Of course, Little Lowry has a higher status. I don't mean that he became famous earlier, no, he has a higher status in the gang. Do you understand me?"

"Because of his father?"

"Yes, his father died in a firefight for the gang."

It's a cliché, anyway, Little Lowry is dead, and it's nothing more than talking about his GD background.

But the pace of this documentary is very fast, "SBK thought they signed a high-quality idol, but Little Lowry and even APLUS disappointed them. In 1990, the two almost went to the east coast, New York, the center of the record industry Career development……"

With Big Pyro's voice-over, the screen switched to a picture of Little Lowry instructing the silencer to beat up Puff Daddy in the street, "They have never been the good cards in SBK's wishful thinking. They, especially Little Lowry, are violent and troublesome. Never bow down to the streets of New York, because behind them stands the most powerful gang of the time...GD."

"After a series of clashes between Chicagoans and native New York rappers, the biggest bloodbath in rap history, the Harlem nightclub shooting, happened..."

Among the noisy nightclub voices and music, Song Ya heard her own voice, which was the SINALOA excerpt from the battle with K-Ci at that time. The sound track seems to have been specially processed, and it is the clearest so far.

"With that 30 (point 30, a pistol caliber) inyourface, like, what'sinyourspot?"

The screen was completely black again, only the libretto popped up in sync with his popping bean-like singing, which unexpectedly had a unique visual impact.

It is also thoughtfully marked that the original sound is from APLUS.

Song Ya scratched her head and looked at the other people in the lounge. Everyone was silent and listened silently.

‘Long live Gangster Gospel (GD)! For little Lowry! '

Someone suddenly yelled, it was Sinaloa, "Da da da..." The gunshots rang out along with people's screams and cries, and then stopped abruptly.

The small screen showed K-Ci and other dead people who died on the spot as a reel, "You can't compromise, you can't bow your head, in the world of rap, the so-called 'soft guys' will be greatly despised..."

Bigpalo quickly skipped the details of the case again, and he began to elaborate on the era, social background, rap culture and other angles very coldly, and finally said: "The murderer Sinaloa died, and Little Lowry died soon. At present There is no conclusive evidence that he played a role in the Harlem nightclub shooting, but he has paid with his life."

"Do you think Little Lowry died in revenge from the New Yorkers?" Big Palo asked the previous GD gang member.

"Haha, I'm not sure about that, New Yorker? Emm..."

The gang sneered secretly, and then said: "I prefer to believe another theory. One day, Little Lowry and APLUS had a big fight, and they were shot that night. The two fought in Chicago at that time. Very powerful."

"Aren't they good brothers?" asked Big Paolo.

"It's not long ago. Little Lowry declared himself a RapGod and released several DISSAPLUS songs."

The crowd answered: "APLUS is very upset, he thinks he is the king of rap in Chicago."

"And there can only be one 'king'?"

"haha of course."

"WTF!? This is a fake gangster." Song Ya pointed to the gangsters who didn't even dare to show their faces on TV and said: "This M-FXXK must be an extra they hired!"

"Yeah, I don't think so either."

"Words and sentences don't sound like gangsters..."

"It's just a reader."

People in the lounge nodded in agreement.

This matter has not been dug up from Sinaloa to the murder of the FBI detective. When the management of the prison where Lowry died was dug up, there is no conclusive evidence of his behind-the-scenes instructions. Vic McGee, Peter Fur Locke, Underwood, and the current commander-in-chief, hehe, lead a string together.

Check it out if you have the guts, in order to dirty my hands, check it out!

"Singers are willing to risk their lives for the battle of emotions. DJs, media, and audiences also like to watch and talk about this kind of news. This is the crime and punishment that has intensified in the rap circle since the 1980s. This situation has continued until now. , today, is still continuing..."

Big Pyro also deliberately used his song "Dead and Gone" that he "commemorates" Little Lowry as the background music to satirize. He didn't have the courage to dig deeper, and he just output his emotions in a covert manner.

After briefly introducing Sinaloa's subsequent shooting of the Compton radio station, as well as the background, grievances, and competitive relationships between himself and Su Ge Knight, Puff Daddy, etc., the documentary entered the next paragraph.

Or the next era.

The era of the East-West Coast War.

The soundtrack also quietly became 2PAC's Hit'EmUp.

"Totally boring!"

In this era, she is a pure supporting role, with no pain or itching, Song Ya is too lazy to watch irrelevant plots, hides in the bathroom with her mobile phone, and never answers the phone to find Goodman's number to call back.

Combined with the suicide of the key witness in the wiretapping case, Antonio, he feels that this is very similar to Motura's handwriting. That guy has started again. The last time he fought, he manipulated the media with high intensity to pull out the suspicion of Little Lowry's death. There was no progress and nothing new. .

Just this old routine, what can I do?

"We're going to take this very seriously, APLUS," Goodman said. "Very carefully."

"Ha! It's nothing, right? We've seen many such conspiracy theories, and it won't do me any harm." Song Ya smiled.

Goodman said seriously: "I advise you not to think so."

"What? The media have been talking nonsense for a long time after Little Lowry's death." Song Ya asked, "I don't think there's anything new this time."

"Little Lowry? No! It's 2PAC!"

'And APLUS, mind your crap, Jazzy, Foxybrown...'

Song Ya returned to the lounge with a gloomy face. The background music Hit'EmUp played in this documentary turned out to be the early radio version that 2PAC scolded herself before.

"Are you there, too?" Bigpalow asked a woman whose back was turned away from the camera, still faceless and whose voice had been altered in post.

"Yes, APLUS's ex-wife, uh, Mariah Carey's house was having a party and we went."

The woman replied: "It just so happened that APLUS was also there, and he went to see their children."

"How did he react?" BigPayro asked.

"He said he was going to kill 2PAC."

"You really said that?"

"Uh... the original words were 'that guy wants to die', yes, I heard it right, he was very angry after listening to 2PAC's song, and his face was so ugly and scary." The woman replied.

Song Ya felt that Fergie and William Adams were secretly looking at him, "Shxt! This is none of my fucking business?!" He pointed at the TV angrily, and it was okay to kill Little Lowry and the others, but The key is to be wronged by a cauldron?

"I'm not implying that APLUS was behind the death of 2PAC, his profile is very good, very good."

BigPayro calmly stated to the camera, "What I want to express is: 'That guy is looking for death' is probably just a foul word casually said by APLUS. However, even an idol with such a high-quality public image and reputation, a top-notch idol Hip-hop superstars, when they hear a DISS song involving themselves, their first reaction is to resort to violence to solve the problem. Isn’t the environment and internal factors that cause all this worth thinking about for each of us?”

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