tnesses have come forward to identify the shooter in the Cadillac that pulled alongside Tupac and driver, Marion Knight. Calvin Broadus, better known as Snoop Doggy Dogg, was arrested in 1993 on murder-conspiracy charges. He pleaded not guilty and was acquitted, though his police file does identify him as a member of Long Beach Insane Crips, a notorious street gang (Hawkins 3). He is also a drug dealer and user. His music glorifies violence and demeans women.
Andre Young, a.k.a. Dr. Dre, served five months in a halfway house in 1993 for violating probation for an assault that broke the jaw on another rap producer in 1992. He also has convictions for assaulting a New Orleans police officer in a hotel fight and for slamming a TV talk-show host into a wall at a Hollywood club in 1991. His music not only devalues women, but it creates antagonism and hatred toward the police. The Chronic, an album by Dr. Dre and Snoop Doggy Dogg, has many explicit lyrics and continual use of expletives. In one song they sing, ...