Can't Stop Won't Stop (89 page)

Jackson, Michael,
191
,
228
,
245
,
418

Jackson, O'Shea
317–318
,
319
,
320
,
326
,
328
,
329
,
330
,
331–337
,
342–353
,
414
,
420
,
424

Jackson, Reggie,
7–8
,
9
,
18–19

Jafa, Arthur,
271

Jam, Billy,
320

Jamaica,
21–39

DJ Kool Herc,
68

economy of,
32

hip-hop music,
22

politics in,
31–34
,
36–37

Rastafari,
23–26

record industry,
26–30
,
38–39

violence in,
32–33
,
38

Jamaica Festival Song Competition,
23

Jamaican Labour Party (JLP),
23
,
25
,
31
,
33
,
34
,
37
,
38

James, Darry,
425

James, George G. M.,
270

James, Rick,
172

James TOP,
15

“Jamming,”
38

Janis, Sidney,
198
,
199

Janis Gallery,
198–199

Japan,
189–190

Jardim, Gary,
91–92
,
171

Jas. Funk,
408

Javelins (gang),
42

Jay-Z,
447
,
448

jazz, hip-hop culture,
147–148

Jazzy Jay.
See
Byas, Jayson “Jazzy Jay”

“Jazzy Sensation,”
172

JB,
260

JBC radio,
31

Jefferson Starship,
260

Jensen, Robert,
17

Jeru The Damaja,
448

Jewish Defense Organization,
267–268

Jhang-Park, Yumi,
350

Jim Crow laws,
390

Joe Gibbs Music,
132

John, Elton,
304

Johnson, Darrell “K-Dee,”
299

Johnson, Lyndon B.,
379

Jones, Grace,
151

Jones, Lisa,
272

Jones, Louis Clayton,
196
,
198

Jones, Pete “DJ,”
83
,
112
,
128

Jones, Quincy,
423
,
424

Jones, Stan “the Guitar Man,”
318–319

jonkanoo style,
25

Jonnes, Jill,
13

Jordan, Michael,
252
,
417

J-Ro,
316

Juicy,
242

Jung, George,
206

Just Allah the Superstar,
163

“Just
4
the Cash,”
300

juvenile justice system,
387
,
452–453
,
455–457

JVC Force,
256

 

KAGRO boycott,
351–353

Kam,
344
,
381–382
,
383

Kang, James,
373

Karenga, Maulana,
191
,
264
,
274
,
310
,
312
,
334
,
403

Karlin, Joyce,
352

Katz, David,
34
,
39

“Keep on Pushing,”
13

Kelley, Herman,
139

Kelley, Robin D. G.,
421

Kelly, Gene,
194

Kelly, Jim,
27

Kemp, Jack,
379

Kennedy, Lisa,
272

Kennedy, Robert F.,
46

Keys, Alicia,
446

Khaddafi, Moammar,
253

Khomeini, Ayatollah,
253

Kid Frost.
See
Molina, Arthuro “Kid Frost”

Kim, Claire Jean,
294

Kim, David,
353

Kim, Gary,
341

Kim, Yang Il,
351

King, Albert,
374

King, Larry,
386

King, Martin Luther, Jr.,
9
,
13
,
15
,
46
,
77
,
203
,
220
,
233
,
264
,
268
,
277
,
347
,
451
,
452
,
454

King, Rodney,
338
,
348
,
352
,
357
,
365
,
366
,
368–378
,
397
,
414

King Charles (DJ unit),
237

Kings of Pressure,
247
,
256

King Tech,
441

King Tee,
316
,
344
,
350

“King Tim III (Personality Jock)”,
130

King Tubby (Osborne Ruddock),
29
,
35–36

King Tubbys Meets Rockers Uptown
,
36

Kirkpatrick, Jeanne,
217

Kitwana, Bakari,
2

“KKK Bitch,”
397–398

KK Rockwell,
186

Klein, Dave “Funken,”
411
,
413
,
418

Klein, Joe,
278

Klein, Naomi,
425

KMD,
418

Knight, Suge,
434
,
452

Koch, Ed,
161
,
181
,
227
,
228
,
267
,
293

Kool DJ D,
96
,
97

Kool G Rap,
398

Kool Moe Dee,
133
,
274

KOOR,
199

Korean-American Coalition (KAC),
349

Korean shopkeepers

Death Certificate
,
348–350

King, Rodney riots,
372–373
,
378–379

Los Angeles, California,
338–341
,
352–353
,
384

New York City,
293–294
,
346–347

KOS,
144

Kostick, John,
196–197

Kraftwerk,
172

K-Rob,
200
,
201

Kroll, Jack,
277–278

KRS-1,
248
,
269
,
274
,
320

Kru-Cut Records,
300

Krush Groove
(film),
192
,
234

Ku Klux Klan,
307

kumina style,
25

Kuriaki,
137
,
205

Kweli, Talib,
448

 

LADY PINK.
See
Fabara, Sandra “LADY PINK”

Lanier, Zambu,
101

La Rock, Coke,
78
,
81
,
82

La Rock, Scott,
248
,
269
,
274

Last Poets,
113
,
249

L.A. Sunshine,
133

Lathan, Stan,
193

Lauper, Cyndi,
393

Lavoe, Hector,
191

Laylaw,
303

L Brothers,
114
,
127

Leach, Robin,
221

Leadbelly,
407
,
408

leadership (Black)

artists as,
268–270
,
273–276

politics,
268–270

Leaders of The New School,
418

The Learning Tree
,
192

Lee, Bruce,
27
,
29
,
249

Lee, David,
368

Lee, Edward Song,
373

Lee, Jimmy,
137

Lee, K. W.,
341

Lee, Lisa,
192

Lee, Sam,
373

Lee, Spike,
119
,
249
,
263
,
276–279
,
280
,
286
,
346–347
,
417

Lehder, Carlos Rivas,
206

Leland, John,
255
,
273
,
276
,
283

Len, Lenny,
110
,
140

Lerman, Steve,
357
,
376

Less Than Zero
(Ellis),
269–270

Lester, Sheena,
326
,
328
,
426

“Let Me Ride,”
419
,
420

“Let's Dance to the Drummer's Beat,”
139

Letts, Don,
154

Levin, Kim,
141

Levi-Strauss, Claude,
90

Lewis, Jerry Lee,
189

Libya,
253
,
266

Lichtenstein, Roy,
153

Lieberman, Joe,
452

“Lies,”
241

Lil' Benny,
408

“Lil' Ghetto Boy,”
420

Lil' Jon and the Eastside Boyz,
453

Lindsay, John V.,
61
,
134
,
240

“Listen to Me,”
261

“Little Deuce Coupe,”
231–232

Live and Let Die
,
398

“Living for the City,”
178

LL Cool J,
204
,
209
,
231
,
243
,
252
,
255
,
303

Logue, Edward,
17

Long Island, New York, Black Belt of,
232–239
,
271
,
274
.
See also
Black suburbia

The Long Run
,
170

“Look

“Lord Have Mercy,”
335

Los Angeles, California,
210–211
,
299–303

Crips gang,
311–314

dance styles,
301–302

drug trade in,
208
,
209
,
302

economic development efforts,
382–385

economy,
314–315

King, Rodney riots,
368–378

politics,
387–392

race relations,
307–309
,
338–341
,
357–358

schools,
463–464

Watts,
307–311

Los Angeles gangs,
308
,
309
,
310
,
311–314
,
322–325

geography and,
358–359

history of,
359–361

outreach efforts to,
361–364

peace efforts,
357–358
,
365–368
,
382
,
384
,
385–387
,
400

political reprisals on,
387–391

repression by,
458–463

violence,
364–365

Los Angeles Police Department

gangs and,
323–325
,
365
,
385
,
386–391

King, Rodney riots,
369–371
,
372
,
374–375

Nation of Islam and,
362

repression by,
456–463

Watts riots,
309–310

Los Latinos,
408

“Louder than a Bomb,”
264

Louima, Abner,
455

Lovebug Starski,
84
,
114
,
130

“Love Is the Message,”
130–131

“Love Rain,”
446

“Love Rap,”
133

Lungren, Dan,
398

Lynch, Monica,
418
,
419

Machuki, Count,
78

Mack, Craig,
256

Mack, Greg,
211
,
350

Maddox, Alton,
227–228

Madhubuti, Haki,
345

Madonna,
174
,
393

Magee, Ruchell,
305

Magett, Sonya,
413

Magic Mike,
444

Magida, Arthur,
266

Magnificent Force,
192

“The Magnificent Seven,”
154

Mahlathini,
164

Mahotella Queens,
164

Mailer, Norman,
160–161
,
243

Maisonave, Ismael,
64

Makgona Tshole Band,
164

Malcolm X,
8–9
,
15
,
31
,
100
,
147
,
222
,
253
,
258
,
420
264
,
268
,
269
,
273
,
277
,
279
,
280
,
334
,
414
,
453
449

Males, Mike,
387

Mallouk, Suzanne,
201

malt liquor advertising campaign,
350–353

Malveaux, Julianne,
401

Mandela, Nelson,
216
,
220
,
253

Mandela, Winnie,
253

Mandrill,
261

Mankwane, Marks,
164

Manley, Michael,
31–33
,
34
,
36
,
38

Mao, Jeff,
200
,
201

Mao Zedong,
253

Mapp, Ben,
272

Marable, Manning,
224

March on Washington (1963),
404–405
,
454

marijuana,
145–146
.
See also
drug addiction

marketing, hip-hop culture,
417–419
,
423–428
,
447–448

Markie, Biz,
256

Marley, Bob,
22–23
,
27
,
28
,
33
,
34
,
35
,
37
,
38
,
39
,
84
,
169
,
170
,
276