Can't Stop Won't Stop (86 page)

“Bustin' Loose,”
175

Busy Bee.
See
Chief Rocker Busy Bee

Butts, Calvin,
195
,
452

Buxton, Ben,
52
,
53
,
54

Byas, Jayson “Jazzy Jay,”
76
,
83
,
89–90
,
97
,
101
,
114–115
,
128
,
151
,
169–170
,
172
,
174
,
192

Byles, Junior,
34

Byrd, Bobby,
259
,
260

 

Cachao,
64

CAINE,
166

Caine, Michael,
93

The California Raisins,
317

Campbell, Cindy,
67
,
68
,
70
,
71–72
,
76
,
77–78

Campbell, Clive.
See
DJ Kool Herc
(Clive Campbell)

Campbell, Keith,
68–70
,
71
,
72
,
79

Campbell, Nettie,
68
,
70
,
71–72

Candle Sound System,
22

Capitol Records,
317

Capoluongo, Matt,
411

CAP ONE,
161
,
181–182
,
193

Captain Sky,
172

Carmichael, Stokely,
45

Caro, Robert,
10–11

Carpenter, John,
99

Carr, Tim,
410

Carraby, Antoine “DJ Yella,”
300
,
303
,
319

Carson, Sonny,
228
,
293
,
294

Carson Freakateers,
302

Carter, Alprentice “Bunchy,”
310
,
311–312
,
342

Carter, Jimmy,
16–17
,
167
,
217

Casanova Crew,
113

Cash Crew,
412

Cash Money,
228
,
408

cassette tapes, hip-hop culture,
127

Cassidy, Butch,
241

Castillo, Sylvia,
369

Castro, Fidel,
31
,
206
,
209

Catch a Fire
,
27–28

“Catch a Groove,”
242

CBS Records,
300

Cee Divine the Mastermind,
163

Cee-Lo,
438

Central Intelligence Agency (CIA),
32
,
33
,
39
,
205–206
,
216
,
439

Central Park “wilding” rampage,
277–278
,
289

“Chains and Things,”
342

Chalfant, Henry,
53
,
142–144
,
151
,
155
,
156
,
157–158
,
159–162
,
169
,
181

Chalfant, Kathleen,
142
,
161

Chalpin, Ed,
286

Chance, Julia,
413

“Chances Are,”
22

Charisma label,
194

Chase, Charlie,
185
,
186
,
408

Chavis, Benjamin,
195
,
400–401
,
402

“Check Out My Melody,”
257

“Check Out the Radio,”
242

Cheeba, Eddie,
114
,
128
,
130
,
131
,
237
,
239

Chesimard, JoAnne (Assata Shakur),
254
,
269

Chicago, Illinois,
46
,
390

Chief Rocker Busy Bee,
149
,
150
,
189
,
203

“Children Crying,”
28

Children of the Grave
,
248

Chisholm, Samuel J.,
418

“Chocolate City,”
275–276

Christgau, Robert,
272
,
407
,
410
,
448

Christmas, William,
305

“Christmas Rappin',”
132

The Chronic
,
419–420
,
421

Chuck D.
See
Ridenhour, Carlton “Chuck D”

Churchill, Ward,
437

CIA.
See
Central Intelligence Agency (CIA)

C.I.A. (Criminals In Action, group),
299–300

Civil Rights movement,
2
,
215
,
221–223
,
235
,
248
,
250
,
253
,
337
,
450–451
,
454

Clarence
13
X,
258

Clarke, John Henrik,
265

The Clash,
154–155
,
246
,
264

Clayton, Rodger “Uncle Jam,”
301

Clear Channel Communications,
441–442

Clearwater Festival,
160

Cleaver, Eldridge,
246
,
271
,
311

Cliff, Jimmy,
26–27

Cli-N-Tel,
319

Clinton, George,
170
,
231
,
275–276
,
302
,
394–396

Clinton, William J.,
321
,
392
,
398
,
399
,
465

CL Smooth,
418

“The Clucks Come Out at Night,”
210

Clutchette, John,
305
,
306

cocaine.
See
drug addiction

Cochran, Johnnie,
382

“Coffee Donuts and Death,”
399

Coffey, Dennis,
79

Cofon Cats (gang),
72–73

Cohen, Lyor,
286

COINTELPRO operation (FBI),
46
,
248
,
437
,
438
.
See also
Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI)

The COINTELPRO Papers
(Churchill),
437

“Cokane In My Brain,”
206–207

Coker, Cheo,
427

Co-Lab collective,
147
,
149
,
174

Cold Crush Brothers,
114
,
127
,
130
,
185
,
186
,
189

“Cold Lampin,”
264

Cold War,
205–206
,
221

Coleman, Milton,
265
,
266

Collins, Bootsy,
170

Collins, Catfish,
260

Collins, Durrell DeWitt “Baby Rock,”
322

Collins, Keith,
308

Colon, Richie “Crazy Legs,”
109
,
110
,
111
,
117
,
137
,
139
,
140
,
141
,
156
,
160
,
168
,
175–176
,
177
,
183–184
,
204
,
205

Colón, Willie,
65
,
191

“Colorblind,”
344

The Color Purple
(film),
276

Coltrane, John,
243
,
259

Columbia Records,
204
,
245

Combs, Sean “Puffy, P-Diddy,”
413
,
434
,
436
,
447

commercialism, hip-hop culture,
194
,
417–419
,
423–428
,
447–448

Common,
413
,
449

Common Ground show,
169

Communist Party,
253

Community Youth Gang Services (CYGS, Los Angeles),
358

Company Flow,
437

competition, hip-hop culture,
426–435

Comprehensive Anti-Apartheid Act of 1986,
220

Compton, California,
308

Compton Posse,
316

Compton's Most Wanted,
382

Conason, Joe,
14

“Concrete Jungle,”
27–28

Congos,
28

Connerly, Ward,
391

Contras (Nicaraguan),
302
,
439

Cook, David “Davey D,”
324–325
,
411
,
441

Coolio,
316
,
344

Cooper, Abraham,
295
,
350

Cooper, Barry Michael,
272

Cooper, Carol,
272

Cooper, M. William,
438–439

Cooper, Martha,
124
,
144
,
151
,
155–157
,
158–159
,
160
,
181
,
193

“Cop Killer,”
396–398
,
399
,
428

Corral, Michael “Lucky Strike,”
42
,
44–45

Cortez, Diego,
149

Cose, Ellis,
235

Cosell, Howard,
10

Council for Urban Peace and Justice,
400

Countryman, Matthew,
219

The Coup,
448

Cousin Brucie,
73

Cowboy,
205

CRASH,
144
,
150
,
153
,
166
,
181
,
199

“Crazy Cuts,”
229

Crazy Legs.
See
Colon, Richie “Crazy Legs”

Creedence Clearwater Revival,
304

Crenshaw, Kimberle,
401

Cress-Welsing, Frances,
296

Crew, John,
389

criminal databases,
388–389

Criminal Minded
,
248

Crips (gang),
208
,
210
,
302
,
308
,
311–314
,
323
,
339
,
343
,
344
,
359
,
363
,
364
,
365
,
366–367
,
368
,
383
,
384

Crip Walk,
302

Crocker, Frankie,
131

“Crooked I” commercials,
350–353

Cross, Brian,
210
,
211
,
318

Cross-Bronx Expressway,
10–11
,
13

Crouch, Stanley,
272
,
278

Crow, Sheryl,
447

Crown Heights riots, New York City,
294
,
414

Cuba,
32
,
206
,
209
,
269
,
449

Culture (reggae group),
19
,
26
,
37

culture wars

“Cop Killer,”
396–398

rap music and,
392–394

Cuomo, Mario,
197

curfews,
389

Curry, Tracy “The DOC,”
318

 

Daa'ood,

dance styles.
See also
b-boying

b-boying,
110

Brown, James,
76–77

DJ Kool Herc,
80–81

fads in,
228

Los Angeles,
301–302

Dane, Dana,
274

Danifu, O. Gl. Crip,358,
313

“Darling Nikki,”
393

Dash, Julie,
271

databases, criminal,
388–389

Davey D,
77
,
327

Davila, Chivirico,
64

Davis, Angela Y.,
253
,
279
,
299
,
304
,
305–306
,
331
,
333–337
,
344–345
,
401
,
404
,
405

Davis, Mike,
310
,
313
,
314
,
374
,
383

Davis, Miles,
259

Davis, Thulani,
272

“The Day the Niggas Took Over,”
420

DAZE,
150
,
199

D.C. Scorpio,
408

The Deadly Art of Survival
(film),
184
,
186

Dean, Roger,
111

Death Certificate
,
341–344
,
347–349
,
414

“Death Mix,”
171

Death Row Records,
424
,
452

Dedeaux, Richard,
311

Dee, Jimmy,
137

Dee, Kippy,
140

Deep Blues
(Palmer),
275

Def Jam label,
130
,
204
,
231
,
232
,
242
,
243
,
245
,
246
,
252
,
255
,
281
,
285
,
286
,
418
,
428

DeJesus, Danny,
49

De La Rosa, Jasmine,
457

De La Soul,
233
,
256

DeLillo, Don,
vii

Delivery Boys
(film),
192

Dellums, Ron,
279

Demme, Ted,
320
,
418

Denby, David,
278

Denny, Reginald,
270
,
394–395
,
411
,
412
,
414
,
415
,
426
,
427
,
428

Denver, Colorado,
388

Detroit, Michigan,
389

Deukmejian, George,
388

Devoe, Bell Biv,
281