First off I am surprised as to how many thugs and gang-bangers are woven into the hip-hop community of stars... Second of all, I am amazed at how much money high level crack dealers were making in the late 80's, early 90's... Now as far as the writer (aka the police man)who investigated most of the hip-hop crimes in New York and some bigger case elsewhere, I think he thinks to much of himself... I think he believes he is of a better caliber police officer than his peers and thinks he is as cool or famous as the rap thugs he investigated... That is just the feel I got from reading the book...