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Notorious C.O.P. : the inside story of the Tupac, Biggie, and Jam Master Jay investigations from the NYPD's first "hip-hop cop" / Derrick Parker ; with Matt Diehl.
Record details
- ISBN: 0312352514 (hc)
- Physical Description: xii, 304 p. : col. ill.
- Publisher: New York : St. Martin's Press, c2006.
Content descriptions
| Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references. |
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| Subject: | New York (NY). Police Dept. Crime > New York (NY) Criminals > New York (NY) Detectives > New York (NY) Hip hop > New York (NY) |
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- 1 of 1 copy available at Tsuga Consortium.
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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| Lakeshore Branch | 364.106097471 Par | 31681001711647 | NONFIC | Available | - |
- Baker & Taylor
Traces the story of the NYPD officer who solved the murder investigations of Tupac Shakur and other famous hip-hop artists, describing such elements as the department's establishment of a hip-hop crime special force, Parker's struggles with internal politics, and the integral relationship between hip-hop culture, gangs, and drugs. 150,000 first printing. - Baker & Taylor
Traces the story of the NYPD officer who solved the murders of Tupac Shakur and other famous hip-hop artists, describing the establishment of a hip-hop crime special force and the relationship between hip-hop culture, gangs, and drugs. - HoltzbrinckThroughout his career, Derrick Parker worked on some of the biggest criminal cases in rap history, from the shooting at Club New York, where Derrick personally escorted Jennifer Lopez to police headquarters, to the first shooting of Tupac Shakur.
     Always straddling the fence between âpo-poâ and NYPD outsider, Derrick threatened police tradition to try to get the cases solved. He was the first detective to interview an informant offering a detailed account of Biggie Smallsâs murder. He protected one of the only surviving eyewitnesses to the Jam Master Jay murder and knows the identity of the killers as well as the motivation behind the shooting.
     Notorious C.O.P. reveals hip-hop crimes that never made the paperâlike the robbing of Foxy Brown and the first Hot 97 shootingâand answers some lingering questions about murders that have remained unsolved. The book that both the NYPD and the hip-hop community donât want you to read, Notorious C.O.P. is the first insider look at the real links between crime and hip-hop and the inefficiencies that have left some of the most widely publicized murders in entertainment history unsolved. - McMillan PalgraveThroughout his career, Derrick Parker worked on some of the biggest criminal cases in rap history, from the shooting at Club New York, where Derrick personally escorted Jennifer Lopez to police headquarters, to the first shooting of Tupac Shakur.
Always straddling the fence between "po-po" and NYPD outsider, Derrick threatened police tradition to try to get the cases solved. He was the first detective to interview an informant offering a detailed account of Biggie Smalls's murder. He protected one of the only surviving eyewitnesses to the Jam Master Jay murder and knows the identity of the killers as well as the motivation behind the shooting.
Notorious C.O.P. reveals hip-hop crimes that never made the paper--like the robbing of Foxy Brown and the first Hot 97 shooting--and answers some lingering questions about murders that have remained unsolved. The book that both the NYPD and the hip-hop community don't want you to read, Notorious C.O.P. is the first insider look at the real links between crime and hip-hop and the inefficiencies that have left some of the most widely publicized murders in entertainment history unsolved.
