Similarities Between Straight Outta Canada And New Jack City

By the 1980’s, people in America witnessed a massive drug epidemic. The introduction of crack, also known as cocaine, exploded during this time and became a critical issue for the youth. Drug use, abuse and misuse became the problem of the decade as the war on drugs escalated, increasing in nonblack and black communities. Many people blame rap and hip hop music for this epidemic due to rapper’s songs and music videos were highlighting and encouraging the use of drugs. The movies, Straight Outta Compton and New Jack City both demonstrate and bring awareness to the struggles and the reality of drug wars as well as police brutality and unfairness against the black community. Straight Outta Compton follows five men, who created the rap group NWA, “Niggaz Wit Attitudes,” as they rose to fame by rebelling against authority to

These men produced songs concerning real experiences, murder, drugs, police brutality, racism and other brutally honest, realistic issues. They called it “reality rap,” as it was a true depiction of communities and their lives. One of the main focuses of this movie was the victimization and harassment of the black youth caused by police forces. This is depicted in the scene where the NWA are playing in Detroit and the police warned and told the group not to play the song, “F*** Tha Police,” but the rappers did anyway. The group of men were chased off stage by the cops and thrown to the ground of the parking lot and into a police car. The first scene also portrays police brutality when the police show up to the drug house with a vehicle using a huge tank-like battery ram to raid the house. This military style raid is just an example of the unjustified and brutal attacks on blacks throughout the movie. The police assert their authority using power relations, not law enforcement. Another issue depicted in this movie was the