Product Details

• Actors: Various Artists
• Format: Closed-captioned, Color, Compilation, Dolby, DVD, Widescreen, NTSC
• Language: English
• Region: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only. Read more about DVD formats.)
  
• Aspect Ratio: 1.78:1
• Number of discs: 1
• Rating: NR (Not Rated)
• Studio: Image Entertainment
• DVD Release Date: June 27, 2006
• Run Time: 86 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 2.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B000C20VJ6
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #99,496 in Movies & TV (See Bestsellers in Movies & TV)

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Product Description

The Hip-Hop community has whispered about it for years. 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 monitored by New York City's finest. The NYPD maintains that there's no profiling of Hip Hop artists and their crews, but now retired police detective Derrick Parker reveals that he personally created an NYPD rap unit following the murder of Notorious B.I.G. in 1997. 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 one-of-a-kind unit he created and the controversy it has spawned. This is the secret story of Hip Hop that the NYPD doesn't want you to see.

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3.0 out of 5 stars black & blue, August 31, 2009

By	C. Messman "cynabun" (virginia is for lovers) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

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

By	Don Young (henderson,nc,usa) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

its been 6 weeks and i never got this dvd in the mail so please stay away from this people they are rip offs