HIP HOP HIGH
Hip-hop, a million-dollar industry, plays up to its links with a billion-dollar industry: drugs. In Oakland California, wannabe rappers BG and Lil Ant use money from dealing cocaine to pay for their studio time. Across the city, established hip-hop duo the Hoodstarz are trying to stay off the cops’ radar after narrowly avoiding a drug bust. In Las Vegas, hip-hop promoter Locksta is using drug money to pay rappers to perform at his shows. But the feds are on to this type of music industry scam. They’ve just jailed a top industry executive for life for using his business as a front to ship hundreds of kilos of cocaine to New York.
A sneak peak from the upcoming Drugs, Inc. episode starring The Hoodstarz (& more) airing on The National Geographic channel 9/23. Soundtrack coming soon also!
The HoodStarz producer, Slap, likes to work while high on syrup, a mix of promethazine and codeine, but if he gets too low he won't be able to perform.
