Earlier this week, Showtime announced that director John Singleton is developing Snowfall, an original series revisiting the stomping grounds of South Central, California (where Singleton’s classic Boyz in the Hood was set). According to Shadow and Act, the show will be about “a young black kid from Compton, who will grow to become the world’s first ‘superstar’ drug dealer, a Mexican wrestler, and a CIA agent charged with laundering money for the Contras.”

Looking back at the great crack plague that swooped down on Black America 30 years ago (happy anniversary), the drug had the power of Godzilla, wreaking havoc on the homes and communities in low-income neighborhoods throughout the country, and later, the world.

However, while the crack era turned our streets into warzones and thousands into zombie junkies, it also inspired many pop culture films, albums, fiction and TV shows. Almost from the beginning of the crack cocaine era, the drug quickly became a pop cultural signifier for artistic creators like screenwriter Barry Michael Cooper (New Jack City), novelist Ray Shell (Iced) and Spike Lee (Jungle Fever). Countless rappers—including Jay Z, Biggie Smalls, the Wu-Tang Clan, Gang Starr, Mobb Deep, Public Enemy, Rick Ross and the Clipse—also documented the rise of rock.

“From the middle ’80s to the early 2000s, crack kind of took over our culture,” says DJ Jazzy Jay. A well-known turntablist who began his career working with Zulu Nation pioneer Afrika Bambaataa, the Bronx native produced the 1986 track “Cracked Out” for Grand Puba’s first group Masters of Ceremony. “People would sell everything in their house, including the couch and bed, just to get high.”

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Throught this was going to be about Rice Crispies!

i don't know,

i mean, when you look at it.

we just got hit with 12 years a slave

bout to get hit with 'Belle'

all these things are a reminder the

the black community is a target

for yet more propaganda to ease the

negro mind. and negroes are the

cheerleaders of such shit.

if it's about how the us gov. took part in

distabution and armin black gangs, then

creatin the beef betwenn all gangs of color

(much like their clandestine missions in other

countries where they arm a team to over throw another)

If this is the case, it would be one of the 'tellin' films

that soon will be touted as "another blacksloitation film"

see, negroes carry the 'surprimacist agenda' and in doin so

is a tool for misinformation and more propaganda.

the HISTORY of The Crack Culture, if honestly taught reflects

what this place is capable of doin to it's own citizens.

how much honesty do you really think they can put out there?

all these things are a reminder the

the black community is a target

for yet more propaganda to ease the

negro mind. and negroes are the

cheerleaders of such shit.

^that is nothing less than tragic. it would be beyond cool if those being targeted could do a jujitsu spin and flip that scenario, creating their own community of power. take it a step farther and turn it around

I saw a documentary on this on VH1. It was very interesting as I once lived in the streets of California amidst the crack epidemic in the late 80's but in Northern California. That's where I learned street smarts from.

Wow, this is one thing I'm glad I lived through and still came out alive. Crack was the hardest thing for me to kick. It was so addicting and when I look back on that time, my world was very small. Of course I couldn't do it on my own. I was so into it that I was at the point that I thought I would not come back to reality and I was about to have a drug induced psychosis any day. On the last night I smoked crack though I knew that I was going to lose it and I prayed to God to help me because I didn't know what I was doing. That was the first time I knew God was real and listening because after I said those words in my mind, I had the most peaceful and serene calm come over me that put my mind at ease and my mind stopped racing. That was him granting my request.

The next day, my boyfriend told me that we were going to quit drugs. Cold turkey. I agreed. We also stopped cigarettes and weed, everything. I think God's spirit was still with me during that period because I wasn't even tempted to score, not even smoke cigarettes. Those were the hardest things for me to quit but I gave it all up.

wildgoldenhoney said:

Wow, this is one thing I'm glad I lived through and still came out alive. Crack was the hardest thing for me to kick. It was so addicting and when I look back on that time, my world was very small. Of course I couldn't do it on my own. I was so into it that I was at the point that I thought I would not come back to reality and I was about to have a drug induced psychosis any day. On the last night I smoked crack though I knew that I was going to lose it and I prayed to God to help me because I didn't know what I was doing. That was the first time I knew God was real and listening because after I said those words in my mind, I had the most peaceful and serene calm come over me that put my mind at ease and my mind stopped racing. That was him granting my request.

The next day, my boyfriend told me that we were going to quit drugs. Cold turkey. I agreed. We also stopped cigarettes and weed, everything. I think God's spirit was still with me during that period because I wasn't even tempted to score, not even smoke cigarettes. Those were the hardest things for me to quit but I gave it all up.

good for you.

it's funny that what's fun at the start

can become so un-fun at the end of it.

i'm out of the drug scene.

it took nine felonies and old age for me to get out.

this is the best thing bout the org..such diverisies of the folks

mikemike13 said:

free2bfreeda said:

mikemike13 said:

Earlier this week, Showtime announced that director John Singleton is developing Snowfall, an original series revisiting the stomping grounds of South Central, California (where Singleton’s classic Boyz in the Hood was set). According to Shadow and Act, the show will be about “a young black kid from Compton, who will grow to become the world’s first ‘superstar’ drug dealer, a Mexican wrestler, and a CIA agent charged with laundering money for the Contras.”

movies that depict young black males climbing the economic ladder to (temporary) monetary success by keeping other blacks and poor hopelessly drugged out is tired and culturally degrading. one out of every 5 young impoverished black males will see the main character/drug dealer as successful, even though he will most likely die in a blaze of bullets. movies like this are sociologically counter for black society. They give the supremist fodder for maintaining their POV of black inferiority due to their (perceived) notion (and limited understanding) that blacks fail to assimilate to society's mores. john singleton needs to go back to his script room and write a story about a young black male going through the gauntlet of a poverty stricken area and beating all the odds to become a successful journalist or the like. I'm very burnt out on stories about cracked-out drug zombies, drug dealers, and death dealers from Compton and other disenfranchised African American communities. wake up john s.

you make good points, however, it's the so called assimilation that is the prollum.

if they gonna make a movie statin that this gov. has been the malor prollum of "the aferkkkan amerikkkan, disenfranchised" pointin out all it does to keep guns and drugs and bad feelins in the BLACK community, THEN it makes sense to show the reason WHY the dope dealer goes down in a "blaze of bullets". negroes are inferior, they still accept the status of minority as a given. they abide by the rules that are geared to keep them in the same loop they been jumpin through since the inception of this place. a BLACK film that exposes supremacist actions is good for the community, but THAT WON'T BE MADE and be sellable on the market, just some more 12 year shit and a belle. some more "can't we just get along" shit.

KingBAD said:

wildgoldenhoney said:

Wow, this is one thing I'm glad I lived through and still came out alive. Crack was the hardest thing for me to kick. It was so addicting and when I look back on that time, my world was very small. Of course I couldn't do it on my own. I was so into it that I was at the point that I thought I would not come back to reality and I was about to have a drug induced psychosis any day. On the last night I smoked crack though I knew that I was going to lose it and I prayed to God to help me because I didn't know what I was doing. That was the first time I knew God was real and listening because after I said those words in my mind, I had the most peaceful and serene calm come over me that put my mind at ease and my mind stopped racing. That was him granting my request.

The next day, my boyfriend told me that we were going to quit drugs. Cold turkey. I agreed. We also stopped cigarettes and weed, everything. I think God's spirit was still with me during that period because I wasn't even tempted to score, not even smoke cigarettes. Those were the hardest things for me to quit but I gave it all up.

good for you.

it's funny that what's fun at the start

can become so un-fun at the end of it.

i'm out of the drug scene.

it took nine felonies and old age for me to get out.

Thank you. And good for you too, after awhile drugs get old too.

wildgoldenhoney said:

KingBAD said:

good for you.

it's funny that what's fun at the start

can become so un-fun at the end of it.

i'm out of the drug scene.

it took nine felonies and old age for me to get out.

Thank you. And good for you too, after awhile drugs get old too.

it's nice to be recognized for

gettin out of a burnin buildin,

that i put the tourch to

KingBAD said:

"where do you think the smell of money comes from. In the black community we were told that cocaine would make us rich beyond our wildest dreams.... Then they changed the law (same admin). The u.s. always makes money a sellin point, money is power. They come in tellin folks "we will make you the most powerful" that means guns dope and money which equals control (economic, physical, and psychological). Theis gov is untrustable on its best day. Growin up where you did, I can see where you would be shielded from alot of info (only gettin it from media). Its different when parts of yo hood have names of places under warlike conditions (i.e. lil Viet Nam, Beirut etc) if the smell of cordite fills yo nostrils, you may as well have the smell of money too..." (R. Stokes 2014)

(this respose was made to someone earlier today in response to somethin they said on a simular subject)

John Singleton is a sellout. A poot butt ass negro who need to sit his old ass down somewhere and be quiet.

KingBAD said:

"where do you think the smell of money comes from. In the black community we were told that cocaine would make us rich beyond our wildest dreams.... Then they changed the law (same admin). The u.s. always makes money a sellin point, money is power. They come in tellin folks "we will make you the most powerful" that means guns dope and money which equals control (economic, physical, and psychological). Theis gov is untrustable on its best day. Growin up where you did, I can see where you would be shielded from alot of info (only gettin it from media). Its different when parts of yo hood have names of places under warlike conditions (i.e. lil Viet Nam, Beirut etc) if the smell of cordite fills yo nostrils, you may as well have the smell of money too..." (R. Stokes 2014)

(this respose was made to someone earlier today in response to somethin they said on a simular subject)

that's the thing. we should all know by now that our government is clearly not above breaking its own laws. the iran-contra scandal taught us that. we all need to watch our backs these days