Black & Blue: Legend of Hip Hop Cop

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It's been whispered about for years in the Hip Hop community. Now learn the shocking truth and see the irrefutable evidence -- top Hip Hop artists are being targeted by one of the most powerful police departments in the country. Unlike performers in any other musical genre, respected Hip Hop ... artists such as Jay-Z, Ja Rule, 50 Cent, The Game, Cuban Link, Damon Dash, Snoop Dogg, Nas, Lil' Kim and more are constantly followed, questioned and harassed without probable cause by New York City's finest. The NYPD maintains that there's no profiling of Hip Hop artists and their crews. But in this program, retired police detective Derrick Parker reveals that he created an NYPD rap unit after the murder of Notorious B.I.G. in 1997, then saw his unit become officially sanctioned three years later. With actual law enforcement rapper surveillance footage and a rare peek at the infamous "Rap Binder" used in law enforcement training, BLACK and BLUE tells the compelling story of Detective Derrick Parker, the unit he created and the controversy it has spawned. This is one of the secret stories of Hip Hop, a culture that continues to be exploited by corporate America and condemned by mainstream society.
  • Starring: Damon Dash, Reverend Al Sharpton
  • Directed by: Peter Spirer
  • Runtime: 1 hour 27 minutes
  • Release year: 2005
  • Studio: Egami
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Synopsis: It's been whispered about for years in the Hip Hop community. Now learn the shocking truth and see the irrefutable evidence -- top Hip Hop artists are being targeted by one of the most powerful police departments in the country. Unlike performers in any other musical genre, respected Hip Hop artists such as Jay-Z, Ja Rule, 50 Cent, The Game, Cuban Link, Damon Dash, Snoop Dogg, Nas, Lil' Kim and more are constantly followed, questioned and harassed without probable cause by New York City's finest. The NYPD maintains that there's no profiling of Hip Hop artists and their crews. But in this program, retired police detective Derrick Parker reveals that he created an NYPD rap unit after the murder of Notorious B.I.G. in 1997, then saw his unit become officially sanctioned three years later. With actual law enforcement rapper surveillance footage and a rare peek at the infamous "Rap Binder" used in law enforcement training, BLACK and BLUE tells the compelling story of Detective Derrick Parker, the unit he created and the controversy it has spawned. This is one of the secret stories of Hip Hop, a culture that continues to be exploited by corporate America and condemned by mainstream society.
Starring: Damon Dash, Reverend Al Sharpton
Supporting actors: Russell Simmons, Ice T, The Game, 50 Cent
Directed by: Peter Spirer
Runtime: 1 hour 27 minutes
Release year: 2005
Studio: Egami
ASIN: B001INALVQ (Rental) and B000NPEIX2 (Purchase)
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5.0 out of 5 stars You want to talk about rights? This is America! Ask the Indians!, November 14, 2010
This review is from: Black and Blue: Legends of the Hip-Hop Cop (DVD)
BLACK AND BLUE: LEGENDS OF THE HIP-HOP COP (2005) was an excellent documentary that didn't surprise me at all. Nor should it be surprising. I hadn't heard of this before tonight--I just watched it on Showtime. And very glad I did.

Derrick Parker, a former NYPD detective Grade 1 (read: Top Detective Dog) has always been a rap fan. At the start of the rap artist craze that seems to be dying out today, Parker formed a somewhat low-key hip-hop investigation unit in the NYPD.

Naturally, in no time flat, the hip-hop community knew of Parker and the unit's existence. Yet the intelligence gathered on these performers (and the way in which it was gathered) drew fire from everyone, including Rev. Al Sharpton and the ACLU. Mayor Giuliani, the NYPD and Parker himself fell under suspicion. The cloud thickened and things got uglier when it became known that the FBI had long been involved in the intel-gathering. Then Parker quit under this cloud of suspicion...and immediately got a job as rapper security.

Anyhow, this is what this documentary asserts. From questions about when this rapper violence will end, to queries about civil rights violations, each subject is addressed, not through scholastic means but directly by rappers like Ice-T (I'm a fan) and 50 Cent. Questions about the murders of Biggie Smalls and Tupak Shakur are also raised, but not in the way you might think.

The question in my mind was a simple one: how could anyone expect any better? This documentary is dated 2005. Who was in the White House then? Who trampled the Constitution thoroughly? Who spied on everyone? Is it any surprise that this kind of profiling and surveillance were occurring so much?

All I can add is that I enjoyed this disturbing documentary, feel everyone should see it and learn--and more like this should be made. It was really ahead of its time.
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3.0 out of 5 stars black & blue, August 31, 2009
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C. Messman "cynabun" (virginia is for lovers) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Black and Blue: Legends of the Hip-Hop Cop (DVD)
a look behind the scenes of the hip hop police. shows how rappers are unfairly targeted but also shows valid reasons as to why they are targeted. a bit boring most of the time. not alot of celebrities featured.
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1.0 out of 5 stars bad, May 8, 2009
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Don Young (henderson,nc,usa) - See all my reviews
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its been 6 weeks and i never got this dvd in the mail so please stay away from this people they are rip offs
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