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Everybody who wants to hear yet another sorry story about gangsta rappers and gunplay, stand...
These are tough times for gangsta rappers. In early December, Jay-Z (a.k.a. Shawn Carter) was charged with assault. Now Puff Daddy (a.k.a. Sean Combs), the Hamptons-partying, Versace-wearing, MTV-approved icon of ghetto-fabulous hip-hop style, is facing a weapons charge after leaving the scene of a shoot-out. And his girlfriend, singer-actor Jennifer Lopez, has been dragged into the mess...
...trouble began the day after Christmas when Combs and Lopez went to Club New York, a newly hot Times Square nightclub. Now Club New York isn't exactly a gangsta's paradise--PEOPLE magazine held its holiday party there. Nonetheless, around 2:50 a.m., shooting erupted and three patrons were wounded. According to a source close to Lopez, "Jennifer was leaving the club when the shots were fired. She hit the floor and then got up and exited as fast as possible." After Combs came out, the couple got into the rear seat of a 1999 Lincoln Navigator owned...
...Columbine tapes gave me chills, but not for the politically correct reasons [SPECIAL REPORT, Dec. 20]. You see, that was me at 17. I was like those kids on the tapes. I hated everybody at school; I was an outcast loner who mostly stayed home and listened to gangsta rap. I wanted to kill the school leaders, the "members," everybody who had screwed me. My plans for mass murder never got beyond the fantasy stage, but under the right circumstances, they could have gone as far as Columbine. How can we stop kids who will kill? Many need mental-health...
...Fellow gangsta rapper Jay-Z fares better on his new CD. Unlike DMX, he keeps his music uncluttered, and his lyrical flow is smooth and relaxed. There aren't any great cuts here, but Things That U Do--with gentle guest vocals by Mariah Carey--demonstrates Jay-Z's skill at creating a good, involving dance song...