Dyson, Michael Eric, 3, 122, 145, 282, 295

East Coast, 58–59, 66, 68, 122, 173, 216

Eastside Arts Alliance, 40

Eastside Boyz, 69

Eazy-E, 58–59, 61–62, 73

Ebonics, 215–216

Elligan, Don 245–246, 250

Elliott, Missy, 3, 71, 110

emasculation, 101, 110, 204

Eminem, 63, 70, 112–113

Europe, 27, 284

Facebook, 41

Fiasco, Lupe 67, 79

film, 50, 111, 190, 230, 239–240, 251

First Amendment, 7, 191, 193, 282

Five Percenters, 25

France, 143, 195

Franti, Michael, 67

free speech, 184, 188, 191, 193–194, 255, 258

Fugees, 242

Funky Four, 25

gangs, 19–20, 22–25, 27, 32, 55, 59, 112, 137, 173, 208, 216, 248, 280, 284

gangsta, 10, 59–63, 72, 254, 279

gangster rap, 1–15, 19, 44, 49, 57, 61, 63–73, 76, 83–87, 94–95, 97–101, 103, 105–107, 109–117, 119, 121–126, 128–129, 132, 136, 139–142, 145–147, 149–151, 153–155, 157–159, 161–169, 172–173, 175–181, 183, 185, 187–189, 191–195, 197, 199–211, 213, 215–219, 221, 223, 225–227, 229, 231–239, 241–243, 245–263, 265, 267, 269–274, 277–285, 287–290

Gates, Henry Louis, 63, 107, 158, 177

General Social Survey (GSS), 91

George, Nelson, 51–52, 58, 64, 81, 100, 126, 214, 229, 254, 277, 280

Germany, 195

ghetto, 23, 50, 55–57, 59, 63–64, 86, 105, 118, 121–126, 128, 132, 136–137, 141, 149–150, 161, 173, 211, 221, 249, 256, 259, 280

Godwin, William, 19

Goodie Mob, 68

Gore, Al, 254–257

Gore, Tipper, 254, 257

graffiti, 25–27, 30, 36, 262

Grandmaster Flash, 18, 25, 31–34, 36, 52, 81

Harlem, 10, 32, 50, 52–55, 128

Hate Crime Statistics Act, 194

Heavy D, 242

Heavy Metal, 4, 11, 92, 97, 233–234, 236–237

Heller, Jerry, 80, 89

heroin, 8, 21–23, 31, 126–128, 132, 134, 280

Hieroglyphics rap collective, 67

high school, 19, 93, 157–158, 176, 180, 217, 240

Hill, Lauryn, 3, 71, 98

hip hop values, 10, 283

hippie movement, 36, 39, 42

HIV/AIDS, 4, 8–9, 130, 135, 138, 214, 245, 252, 282

homophobia, 64

homosexual, 213–214, 225

Housing Authority, 40

Huckleberry Finn, 158, 306

Ice Cube, 57, 62, 67, 108, 121

Ice-T, 12, 61–62, 86, 121, 126, 135, 141, 149, 162, 169, 195, 208