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got connects out-of-state · by Rafi Kam
Before he was helping me push fast-food crack, a young Dallas Penn gave hustling the block the old college try. In “Crack was King, Crack was the Devil”, Dallas gets into how what started out as a search for “realness” turned into a habit for 50s and 100s, the price being paid with his own humanity.
In the follow-up story “Get off the block…” we find out how an external party played Deus ex Machina and scared Dallas off the block.
When Dallas gets anecdotal about his experiences growing up in NYC in the 80s, the reader is always in for a treat. He shows himself to be a gifted storyteller in other posts as well, whether letting us in on the origins of the famed Decepticons or how he finally acquainted himself with his lost grandmother, bringing us along into vivid and emotional scenes with ease.
Check out the two posts above for starters…
Bonus Links
Model Minority catches Crack Week spirit and delivers a great list of 10 Ways Crack Changed the Hood
2. There was an explosion of Crack Zombies in the Hood. In every neighborhood, there were allways your garden variety of wino’s, crazy ladies, and bad boys that steal cars. But crack changed the game so dramatically, because of the explosion of Crack Zombies.
Vik at Biochemical slang took on the topic of crack last month and suggested that some who would blame rap aren’t paying attention:
Clipse said they feel like a hampster in a wheel. Biggie said he wants to go to hell when he dies. Who’s listening?
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