Can't Stop Won't Stop (93 page)

social structure and,
48–50

warfare among,
54–58

South Central.
See
Los Angeles, California

Spanglers Posse,
36

SPAR ONE,
182

Special K,
133

Spectrum City (DJ unit),
236–238
,
239
,
241–242
,
245
,
246
,
247

Spielberg, Steven,
276

Spy,
117
,
118

Squier, Billy,
170

Starr, Roger,
18

“Start Me Up,”
175

State of Emergency, African Dub All-Mighty
series,
35

Steffens, Roger,
39

Stein, Chris,
186

Steinbrenner, George,
7

Stephenson, Charles,
408

Stephney, Bill,
212
,
224
,
232
,
233
,
236
,
237
,
238
,
239
,
240–243
,
245
,
246
,
247
,
252
,
253–254
,
261
,
268
,
269
,
270
,
271
,
275
,
280–281
,
286–287
,
288
,
290
,
295

Stephney, Ted,
232

“Stepping Razor,”
178

Stereo Crew,
300

Sternlieb, George,
17–18

Stewart, Jack,
74
,
123

Stewart, Michael,
194–198
,
201
,
202
,
227
,
247
,
277

Stitt, King,
78

Stokes, Kusa,
101

Stolen Legacy
(James),
270

Stolzoff, Norman,
29

Stone, Angie,
446

Stone, Sly,
93

“Stop the Killing” campaign,
360
,
400

Stop the Violence Movement,
274–275
,
335

Straight Outta Compton
(album),
317
,
320
,
321
,
325
,
328
,
331

“Straight Outta Compton” (single),
319

Strange, Steve,
169

Strauss, William,
1
,
2

Streatfield, Dominic,
207

Streisand, Barbra,
131

Strobert, Andrei,
240–241

Stubblefield, Clyde,
260

Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC),
334
,
451

Style Wars
(film),
161
,
181
,
192

Suarez, Carlos (Charlie),
50
,
51–52
,
53
,
54
,
55
,
56
,
57
,
58–59
,
60
,
61
,
62
,
63
,
64

suburbia.
See
Black suburbia

Subway Art
(book),
161

“Sucker DJs (I Will Survive)”,
256

“Sucker MCs,”
203
,
241

Sugar Hill Records,
130
,
132
,
178
,
184
,
244

Suggs, Donald,
272

Suh, Dong,
348

Sullivan, Lisa,
269

Summer, Donna,
131

Sun Ra,
243

Super Ape
,
35

“Superappin',”
132–133
,
178

Supersonic: The Album
,
319

“Super Sperm,”
172

Supreme Mathematics,
258

Supreme Team,
163
,
164–165

Suzuki, Tom,
369

Sway,
441

Sweet Sweetback's Baadasss Song,
192
,
249

Swift, Ken,
140

Sylvester, Curtis,
226

 

Takenokozoku
circle,
189

TAKE ONE,
140
,
156

“Tales of the Skind,”
246

Talking Heads,
170
,
174

Tapper Zukie In Dub
,
35

Tartown label,
200

Tate, Greg,
74
,
258
,
271–273
,
410
,
412

Taylor, Don,
34

Taylor, Paul,
396

Telecommunications Act of 1996,
441–442

television

hip-hop culture,
419

MTV,
244–245
,
320
,
418–419

The Temptations,
73
,
190

The Terminator
,
396

Terminator X.
See
Rogers, Norman “Terminator X”

Terminator X album,
394

Terry, Tod,
264

Tewlow, Rob “Reef,”
411

Tharp, Twyla,
152

“There Is Something in My Heart,”
65

Third World Liberation Front,
345

Thompson, Errol,
35

Thompson, Jack,
393
,
396

Thompson, Robert Farris,
164

Threat,
344

360 Degrees of Power,
394

“Three Little Birds,”
35

The Three MCs,
113

“three strikes” laws,
391
,
456–457

“The Times They Are A-

Time Warner,
396
,
397–398
,
399
,
423–424
,
433

T-Money,
239

Toddy Tee “Batterram,”
210
,
315–317

Tolsi, Niren,
449

Tommy Boy Records,
172
,
190
,
191
,
398–399
,
416
,
418
,
419
,
428

Tom Tom Club,
170

Tony Touch,
449

Toop, David,
193
,
409

Too Short,
441

Toots and the Maytals,
23

Torres, Gabriel,
46

Torres, Jose,
55

Torrez, Mike,
18

Tosh, Peter,
28
,
31
,
38
,
178

Toshima, Karen,
322
,
323
,
387

“Tough,”
179

Townsend, Robert,
249

TOXIC,
199

Trac
2
,
117

TRACY
168
,
166

Tragedy (group),
398

“Trans-Europe Express,”
172

Treacherous Three,
132
,
133
,
155
,
192
,
228

A Tribe Called Quest,
425

Trouble Funk,
178
,
408

Troupe, Quincy,
310

True Mathematics,
256

“True to the Game,”
343

Tucker, C. Delores,
451–452

Tuff City Records,
184

Turk
182 (film),
192

Turkkan, Leyla,
251
,
334–335

Turner, Bryan,
317
,
320
,
399

12 THE WIZ,
166

Twelve Tribes of Israel,
37
,
39

Twisted Sister,
393

2 Live Crew,
393–394

Two Made Men,
433

“Two Sevens Clash,”
26

“2,3 Break,”
229

 

Ueberroth, Peter,
382

The Ultramagnetic MCs,
412

Uncle Jam's Army,
301
,
302

Under Heavy Manners
,
35

unemployment.
See
employment

UNIA,
307

United Graffiti Artists (UGA),
152

United Negro Improvement Association,
24

United People of Color,
264

United States Student Association,
264

United States Supreme Court,
390

Universal Zulu Nation.
See
Zulu Nation

The Unseen Hand
,
437

“Unsigned Hype,”
413

Upchurch, Carl,
400

Urban League.
See
National Urban League

urban lifestyle, hip-hop culture as,
417–419
,
423–428

urban renewal

Jamaica,
26

New York City,
145

South Bronx,
10–12
,
61

U-Roy,
78

“Us,”
335
,
343–344

US Organization,
312
,
334

UTFO,
210
,
274
,
303

 

Valenti, Chi Chi,
167
,
177

Vanilla Ice,
425

Van Peebles, Melvin,
192
,
249

Ventura County, California,
389

Verán, Cristina,
117
,
450

Vibe
magazine,
423–426
,
427
,
440

“Vicious Rap,”
179

Vietnam War,
205–206

The Village Voice
,
271–272
,
286
,
326

Vincent, Gene,
189

Vincenty, Eduardo,
55
,
60
,
62

violence.
See also
riots

“Boyz-N-The Hood,”
317

Do the Right Thing
(film),
277–278

Jamaica,
32–33
,
38

juvenile, decline in,
392

Los Angeles, California,
315
,
364–365

rap music,
241

rock concerts,
274

South Bronx,
12–13
,
47–48
,
54–58

threats of, at
The Source
,
426–434

“Viva Puerto Rico Libre,”
65

Von Meter, Jonathan,
424

 

Wackies label,
132

Wailer, Bunny,
34

The Wailers,
27–28
,
31
,
33
,
38

“Walk This Way,”
245

Wallace, Deborah,
14

Wallace, Michelle,
401

Wallace, Rodrick,
14

Waller, Fats,
240

Warhol, Andy,
148
,
153
,
174
,
180
,
200
,
201

“War In A Babylon,”
34–35

War on Youth, politics,
455–457

Warren G,
316

Warwick, Dionne,
452

Washington, Booker T.,
24
,
253

Washington, D. C.

go-go culture,
407–409

police crackdown in,
389

Washington, George,
403

Washington, Raymond,
312–313

Army,
301
,
302

Washington State,
391

WASP
1
,
166

Waters, Maxine,
365
,
384
,
386
,
454

Watts neighborhood.
See
Los Angeles, California

Watts 103rd Street Band,
326

Wayans, Keenen Ivory,
249

Wayne, John,
99

WC,
344

Webb, Dane,
425

Webb, Gary,
439

Webster, William,
371

Weinberger, Morton,
53
,
56

Weisberg, Stanley,
368

Welch, “Red Tony,”
37

“Welcome to the Terrordome,”
295–296

Wenner, Jann,
415
,
427
,
433

West, Cornel,
403

Westwood, Vivienne,
163
,
169

“Weya,”
191

Wheatob, Tony “Sir Jinx,”
299

“Wheels of Steel” parties,
169
,
173
,
244
,
301

“When Johnny Comes Marching Home Again,”
37–38

White, Armond,
291

White, Barry,
358

White, Dondi,
144
,
180

White, Timothy,
347

white flight

California,
346

New York City,
145
,
232

South Bronx,
12
,
76

White Panther Party,
243

“White Riot,”
154
,
264

Whodini,
209
,
210
,
255

Whole Darn Family,
133

Wieden and Kennedy (W&K) agency,
417

Wiggins, Robert Keith “Cowboy,”
113

Wild Cherry,
411

Wild Drivers,
189

Wilder, Chris,
411
,
414

Wild Style
(film),
184–187
,
189
,
192
,
209

Williams, Alonzo,
300–301
,
302–303
,
316

Williams, Chancellor,
265

Williams, Marlon “Marley Marl,”
256
,
257
,
258
,
260
,
318