It doesn’t seem too farfetched. Rap music has represented the voice of our youth in the urban communities for the past twenty years.  And if the actions that defined our history are indeed indicative of future expectations, the theories are easily believable. The FBI and CIA have always had a keen interest in the Urban Youth Movement.  This dates back to the inception of CORE, The Nation of Islam, The Nation of Islam and The Black Panthers to name a few.  The complete list would include any controversial group that sprouted up during J. Edgar Hoover’s watch.

Back then, minority agents spent years deep undercover infiltrating these organizations. They were effectively used to gather data and in some cases plant information that would lead to the arrest of key members of these groups.  These groups were becoming influential, and they controlled a mass of people at a time.  Their influence was quite similar to the movements that we’ve seen in Hip-Hop over the past few years... East Coast, Junior Mafia, West Coast, Thug Life, Death Row, D.P.G., L.O.D., Young Guns, Live Squad, Black Hand, Lost Boys, Murder Inc, Supreme Team, XX Posse, Mexican Mafia, Cypress Hill, Latin Kings, Terror Squad, G-Unit, Ruff Ryders, Dungeon Family, Cash Money, Black Mafia Family, etc…

I purposely mentioned the known gangs and criminal elements on the same breath as the rap “crews’, because in many cases the organizations are one in the same.  Rappers have required a certain level of protection over the years.  And in most cases, whether voluntarily (to avoid being extorted) or involuntarily, they end up relying on criminals to keep them safe.  This marriage to the hood’s “mafia” was what caused police intelligence experts to start monitoring the budding rap industry in the nineties.  This interest also kept cops such as Derrick Parker gainfully employed for several years.

Now retired, Parker has recently released a tell all DVD, Black and Blue: Legends of the Hip Hop Cop.  He also has a book called The Notorious C.O.P. coming out soon.  More compelling to me than the various tales that he tells is the fact that he reveals that several young police officers were vying to be a part of the Hip-Hop cop unit.  Why not? It was very high profile.  But, what if some of these green police officers in the unit got a little too close to the element they were supposed to be watching? It’s happened to several undercover police officers in the past. Google Mafia Cop to get info on the recent trial.

Could Biggie have been killed by a police officer that was once a part of a similar unit, which would explain why David Mack was so cool with Suge? Didn’t he have a Tupac mural in his garage? But, if Biggie’s death and other high profile murders were committed by rogue cops, would we really ever find out? If this unit that has been put together in various states isn’t working, who would actually admit it?

In a book recently released, Nan: The Trifling Times of Nathan Jones, a detailed story is told involving police corruption and a marraige to the underworld.  The anti-drug campaign, Operation Condor (which is called Falcon in the book) is an example of a government sanctioned initiative that has backfired and resulted in corruption and deaths of many innocent people.  Even though the Hip-Hop Cop program may have saved the lives of many, there’s no telling how many police officers may be so deep undercover that they have become a part of the problem.   Derrick Parker claims to know who killed Jam Master Jay. We’ve also seen many documentaries with convincing theories regarding the deaths of Biggie and Tupac.  But surprisingly, I've yet to see one arrest. Go figure.  Could there be more to this program than we’re being told? Could they really be Hip-Hop Killer Cops?