Louisiana Association of Drug Court Professionals

8th Annual Louisiana Drug Court Conference

New Orleans Marriott

New Orleans, Louisiana

February 22, 2006

Using Popular Hip Hop Culture to Using Popular Hip Hop Culture to Combat Substance AbuseCombat Substance Abuse

Hip Hop:

Hip, Hype, or Hypocrisy?

Terrence D. Walton, MSW, CADC III, ICADC

ADVISORYADVISORY

Portions of this session include some graphic language, racial and sexual slurs, and other material that some participants

will find offensive. The material is included in order to give the participants a

true-to-life glimpse and better understanding of some of the more

offensive aspects of the phenomena known as “hip hop”.

Hip Hop: Hip, Hype or Hypocrisy?Hip Hop: Hip, Hype or Hypocrisy?

1. List 4 Components of Hip Hop Culture.

2. Experience Hip Hop Culture & Understand Its Appeal

3. Practice Using Hip Hop Culture to Educate & Motivate

4. Demonstrate Using Group Process to Decode Underlying Messages in Rap Music Lyrics

Hip Hop: Hip, Hype or Hypocrisy?Hip Hop: Hip, Hype or Hypocrisy?

“Born on inner-city playgrounds, hip hop has grown over the last two decades into a multimillion dollar business. But it is not just an urban thing. Suburban kids can pick up the latest fashions by hip-hop designers like Phat Farm or FUBU at department stores like Bloomingdale’s, Dillards and Macy’s. And anyone can download the newest music off the Internet or buy CDs at chain music stores.” ABC’s Nightline

Hip Hop: Hip, Hype or Hypocrisy?Hip Hop: Hip, Hype or Hypocrisy?

The Hip Hop Generation: A brief history– Dee Jaying (cuttin’ and scratchin’)– Graffiti Art – Break dancing / B- Boying– Emceeing / Rapping

Hip Hop: Hip, Hype or Hypocrisy?Hip Hop: Hip, Hype or Hypocrisy?

The Hip Hop Generation: A brief historyPopular Hip Hop CultureYoung and the Old, but mostly the youngWhite and BlackUrban, Suburban, and RuralHip, Hype or Hypocrisy?

The IndustryThe Industry Tupacs

Reebocks

Rocks

Glocks

The Music IndustryThe Music Industry

Death Row Records – Suge KnightMurder Inc – Irv GottiBad Boy – P DiddyDef Jam – Russell SimmonsShady Records – Eminem

R.E.S.P.E.C.T.R.E.S.P.E.C.T.

P.I.M.P.P.I.M.P.

Decoding the MessagesDecoding the Messages

Kanye West

“Crack Music”

“Diamonds from Sierra Leone”

Developmental

Tasks of The Young

8 Tasks of Adolescence8 Tasks of AdolescenceHavighurst (1972)Havighurst (1972)

1. Accepting one’s physique and using the body effectively

2. Achieving emotional independence from parents and other adults

3. Achieving a masculine or feminine social sex role

4. Achieving new and more mature relationships with peers of both sexes

8 Tasks of Adolescence8 Tasks of Adolescence

5. Desiring and achieving socially responsible behavior

6. Preparing for an economic career

7. Preparing for marriage and family life

8. Acquiring a set of values and an ethical system as a guide to behavior

9 Tasks of Young Adulthood9 Tasks of Young Adulthood1. Achieving Autonomy2. Molding an Identity3. Developing Emotional Stability4. Establishing a Career5. Finding Intimacy6. Becoming Part of Congenial Social Groups and

Community7. Selecting a Mate and Adjusting to Marriage8. Establishing a Residence and Learning to Manage a

Home9. Becoming a Parent and Rearing Children

Exploring ValuesExploring Values

Values taught by parents & grandparents Values taught by authority figures (teachers,

ministers, policemen, judges, etc.) Values about money, wealth, and the American

Dream Values about the opposite gender and relationships Values about personal conduct (sex, drug use,

communication, treating each other, etc.)

HIP HOP VALUESHIP HOP VALUES

50 Cents: The Massacre50 Cents: The Massacre

I’m Supposed to Die Tonight

Ski Mask Way Gunz Come Out Bitch, Get in My Car Shake that Ass, Girl Gatman and Robin Candy Shop Magic Stick

Ski Mask WaySki Mask WayI get mine the fast way, the ski mask way.

Make money, make money. Nigga, if you ask me, this the only way. Take

money, take money…My black G-unit hoodie just reek with marijuana.

Cocaine comin out my pores in the sauna, I’m so serious man, I’m so

sincere. This flow right here is what fucked up Jeffrey’s career. Make

money, take money, yea nigga, Yea.

The CurseThe Curse

Listen for messages regarding :Drugs, gun violence, women, bravery,

manhood, justice, revenge, law enforcementIndependence and autonomyWhether or not drugs lower inhibitionsAlcohol versus marijuanaCocaine, sex and power over women

““High All The Time”High All The Time”Produced by EminemProduced by Eminem

I don't need Dom Perignon, I don't need CrisTanqueray and Alize, I don't need shitNigga I'm high all the time, I smoke that good shitI stay high all the time, man I'm on some hood shit

Give me some dro, purple haze, and some chocolateGive me a dutch and a lighter I'll spark shitAnd stay high all the time, I smoke that good shitI'm high all the time, man I'm on some hood shit

Every time I ROLL up, niggas holla ROLL up, and I tell'em HOLD up,You ain't gettin money you ain't smokingIn my Benzo, 20 inch Lorenzos, smoking on indoHigh as a motherfucker

I be on them back streets, niggas know I clap heat, only if you got beefMan you better holla at meNiggas get locked up, stabbed up, shot upEverytime I pop up, a lot going on in my hood

I shoot the dice, I holler get'em girlsDaddy need new shoesDaddy need Perelli's to look mean on 22sStash box, Xbox, laptop, fax machine, phoneBulletproof this bitch and I'm gone2003 Suburban swerving, too many sips of HennyThe D's sick, they searched the whip and they can't find the semis

They was just harassing me cause they know who I wasSpent the night in Central Booking for smoking some bud

I don't need Dom Perignon, I don't need CrisTanqueray and Alize, I don't need shitNigga I'm high all the time, I smoke that good shitI stay high all the time, man I'm on some hood shit

Give me some dro, purple haze, and some chocolateGive me a dutch and a lighter I'll spark shitAnd stay high all the time, I smoke that good shitI'm high all the time, man I'm on some hood shit

Now if you heard I done started some shitIt ain't because I be high (I be high, I be high)And if you heard I done let off a clipIt ain't because I be high (I be high, I be high)But I- twist that la, la, la, la

I get high as I wanna niggaGo against me, fa sho, you's a goner niggaI don't smoke to calm my nerves but I got beefFinna crush my enemies like I crush the hashishIf you love me, tell me you love me, don't stare at me manI'd hate to be in the Benz clapping one of my fansLet me show you how to greet me, when you meet me, when you see meIf you real my nigga, you know how to holla "G-Unit!“

There's no competition, it's just me,50 Cent, motherfucker, I'm hot on these streetsIf David could go against Goliath with a stoneI can go at Nas and Jigga, both for the throne

I don't need Dom Perignon, I don't need CrisTanqueray and Alize, I don't need shit Nigga I'm high all the time, I smoke that good shitI stay high all the time, man I'm on some hood shit

Give me some dro, purple haze, and some chocolateGive me a dutch and a lighter I'll spark shitAnd stay high all the time, I smoke that good shitI'm high all the time, man I'm on some hood shit

Now who you know besides me who write lines and squeeze ninesAnd have hoes in the hood sniffin on white linesYou don't want me to be your kid's role modelI'll teach them how to buck them 380s and load up them hollows

Have shorty fresh off the stoop, ready to shootBig blunt in his mouth, deuce deuce in his boot

Sit in the crib, sippin Guinness, watching MenaceThen Oh Lord, have a young nigga bucking shit like he O-DogMy team they depend on me when it's crunch timeI eat a nigga food in broad day like it's lunchtimeYou feeling brave nigga, go ahead get gullySee if I won't leave your brains leaking up out your skully

I done made myself hot, so ain't shit you can tell meNiggas calling me to feature, man fuck your money

I ain't hurting, I'm doing goodI ain't got to write rhymes, I got bricks in the hood

I don't need Dom Perignon, I don't need CrisTanqueray and Alize, I don't need shit

Nigga I'm high all the time, I smoke that good shitI stay high all the time, man I'm on some hood shit

Give me some dro, purple haze, and some chocolateGive me a dutch and a lighter I'll spark shitAnd stay high all the time, I smoke that good shitI'm high all the time, man I'm on some hood shit G-Unit, are you readyG-Unit, are you readyG-Unit, are you readyNigga, ready or not, here I come, come, come

What did you hear?What did you hear?

Drugs, gun violence, women, bravery, manhood, justice, revenge, law enforcement

Independence and autonomyWhether or not drugs lower inhibitionsAlcohol versus marijuanaCocaine, sex and power over women

Drugs that Appeal to the Drugs that Appeal to the YoungYoung

Accessible

Socially Acceptable

Socially Enhancing

Facilitate Fun, Stimulation, or Escape Relatively Harmless

The CureThe Cure1. Understand the Culture2. Accept its Appeal3. Don’t Attack the Culture or its Icons4. Utilize the Culture to Educate, Motivate, &

Reiterate5. Facilitate Clients’ Detection of Messages,

Underlying Meanings, & Values 6. Raise Discrepancy7. Use Motivational Interviewing strategies to guide

the client toward rejecting aberrant messages and values

Dead Prez Dead Prez (Sticman and M-1)(Sticman and M-1)

UndergroundAlternative Conscious

Rap

Fucked UpFucked UpHow do it feel to be high without drugs?Some say it’s the feelin’ of love for yourself.I can’t call it. I just threw up in the toilet. And all

my life I said I wasn’t gonna be no alcoholic.

I’m fallin’ son, tryin’ to stay sober, but the alcohol be callin’ son like a ghost.

So let’s make a toast to my liver and kidneys. Pour out a little Henny. Here’s to gout in your twenties. Not many niggaz make it to 30. We ride dirty.

Breath stinkin’, already drinkin’, bright and early.I done earled out gin, Smirnoff, gin and 8 ball. Passed out on the bathroom floor with my

clothes off. Remember them mickies? Tall can fit in your Dickies. Before they put them cameras up in the corner store.

We used to be so much fun when we was young. Trying to holler at somethin’ smellin’ like 151. Getting’ thrown out of the club all buzzed. I’m about to go get the gun, dawg. But I aint even know where I was. My nigga Emae had to carry me home a many day. It was Heineken, Bets, Andre and E & J.

They say alcoholism is in my DNA cause pops like to get fucked up the same way. They say alcoholism is in my DNA cause pops like to get fucked up the same way.

I got so fucked up last night I passed out. Assed out. Man, I couldn’t even get to the house and I know I shouldn’t been drinkin’ on an empty stomach, but the flier said open bar and I said fuck it.

Went from vodka to rum, from rum to cognac and my body feel like I’ve been fightin’ in combat. And I’ve been coughin’ up yellow shit, breakin’ a sweat. I’ve been shaking like a leaf , but that’s just what I get for pourin’ my own poison and throwin’ it back. And its not enough to just know better, you gotta act. I know I said that the last time, but I was havin’ such a good time.

The liquor just took over my mind. And I don’t want to be a Gill’s guy, hear me ya. Cause when you livin’ in a bottle then a nigga stop caring.

Cause the ones who made that alcohol aint my friend. But the sad part is I’m a probably do it again. God damn!

(I use to have a thing for Cognac. Nowadays I train for combat.)

What did you hear?

Kanye West on Three Kinds of Kanye West on Three Kinds of “Addiction” Afflicting the Young“Addiction” Afflicting the Young

1. Street

2. Sex

3. Substance

50 Cent on Addiction and 50 Cent on Addiction and Relapse:Relapse:

“A Baltimore Love Thing”“A Baltimore Love Thing”

Learning OpportunitiesLearning Opportunities1) Withdrawal symptoms2) Loss of choice—unsuccessful attempts to

stay clean—relapse3) Love relationship with the chemical4) Babies born addicted5) Use of multiple substances6) Family addiction7) Chasing the first high8) Celebrity addiction

Learning OpportunitiesLearning Opportunities

9) Medicating feelings

10) Stealing from family to support habit

11) Continued use in spite of consequences

12) Drugs as a substitute for friends; fostering distrust and isolation

13) Feeling destined for addiction

14) Addiction is fatal

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