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Notorious C.O.P.: The Inside Story of the Tupac, Biggie, and Jam Master Jay Investigations from NYPD's First "Hip-Hop Cop"
Written by Matt Diehl and Derrick Parker
Narrated by Richard Allen
Rating: 4 out of 5 stars
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About this audiobook
The stories are as infamous as the artists who tell them. With their boasts of drugs, extortion and even murder, in today's world rappers need rap sheets before they can even hope to have a platinum record. So with all this grandstanding about their criminal nature, why haven't more hip-hop artists been busted for the crimes that they brag of, and why haven't high profile crimes replete with witnesses and media coverage ever been solved? Derrick Parker knows why. A veteran of the NYPD, Parker served as the lead detective in the -Rap Intelligence Unit, the first special force devoted to hip-hop crime. For over twenty years he served on the force, covering the hip-hop beat and uncovering the truth behind some of music's most notorious crimes. But in the midst of politics and internal strife, Parker's efforts to close the cases were stymied by the NYPD. Notorious C.O.P. will be the Serpico of the new millennium, exposing the flaws in the NYPD that have rendered them unable to adequately deal with the threat of hip-hop crime. From cops working part-time for the artists they are supposed to be pursuing, to their lack of understanding of gang culture and drug warfare, which has left not only these widely publicized murders unsolved, but has allowed notorious gang leaders to go unprosecuted for decades. Filled with photos, documents, interviews, and anecdotes, Notorious C.O.P. will be the most extensive and authoritative book ever written on hip-hop crime, exposing the facts behind the legends and the foibles of the NYPD that have left them unresolved to this day.
Author
Matt Diehl
Matt Diehl is a journalist whose work has appeared in Rolling Stone, The New York Times, The Washington Post, GQ, VIBE, Spin, The Village Voice and Blender. He served as the music columnist for Elle magazine for four years and is currently Contributing Music Editor at Interview. He is the author of My So-Called Punk and No-Fall Snowboarding.
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Reviews for Notorious C.O.P.
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- Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5This book was interesting and filled with information that make you believe that the author is very passionate both about hip-hop and law enforcement. He clearly sees the gulf between the two as very harmful to both. By telling the story both as a hip-hop fan and a police officer you see, in raw detail, where both have gone wrong.However, the writing was difficult to read. The language seemed forced throughout. As if the authors couldn't decide if they were writing for a hip-hop audience, with the slang and the coloful language of the streets, or for a more staid law-enforcement personality (with its own slang and color). Many parts of the book felt like they were written in one vernacular and then "translated" to a more formal writing style. This made parts of the book awkward and took you out of the story.From a standpoint of what the book had to say, it was excellent, but the execution of the writing left much to be desired.