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...creators" and became a hit among "largely young, black and Hispanic" fans. The book examines how De Palma's work redefined the way films addressed on-screen violence and drug use and how the intensity of its misogyny, money worship and drug euphoria was embraced by hip-hop and gangsta rap. Scarface, Tucker claims, was more than just vulgar escapism. As the story caught on with urban audiences via home video, fans started filling in and expanding the story - going beyond the literal screenplay to construct alternate meanings and messages. Gradually it became a rallying cry for a subculture that...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Scarface Nation | 11/19/2008 | See Source »

...screen to Google's new voter registration map, which went live on Aug. 25 (the video followed on Oct. 1). The map allows anyone in the U.S. to find out if he or she is registered and how to take action if not. DiCaprio puts his best gangsta foot forward saying "What I'm gonna do is ... I'm gonna wait around while you write this information down." Write it down? Isn't this an online video? Can't we just click? Don't think you're done when you register yourself. They go on to beg you to forward...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Don't Vote! These Celebs Don't Care | 10/3/2008 | See Source »

...like it," he says. "You gotta listen to your parents. And I know it's hard to find a job with your pants down low, so you fix them." Some who are against the fashion argue there is no need for a fashion police, despite sagging's association with gangsta...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Saggy-Pants Furor in Riviera Beach | 10/1/2008 | See Source »

...different kind of cultural language from Vietnam movies, where the Doors or Jimi Hendrix would sonically represent the dark terror of war. Here, it's all ironic contrast. After the accidental shooting of a civilian, Corporal Josh Ray Person (James Ransone) cracks, "It's all that damn gangsta rap and those video games that are desensitizing today's youth to violence...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Theater of the Absurd | 7/10/2008 | See Source »

...distinguished himself by starring as the Tin Man in his gifted middle school's production of The Wiz--and by accidentally shooting himself in the chest with a .44-cal. while imitating Travis Bickle in his bedroom. After teenage years that were lost to the comically awful gangsta group Hot Boys (like 'N Sync with shivs), Wayne went solo and undertook a transformation almost unprecedented in hip-hop. Over four years, he morphed from a mediocre rapper with a thuggish point of view into a savant who merges sex, drugs and politics with a sneaky intellect, a freakish knowledge...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Lil Wayne: The Best Rapper Alive | 7/3/2008 | See Source »

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