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On this day in 1991, New Jack City arrived in theaters across America. The story of the rise and fall of Nino Brown and the Cash Money Brothers has continued inspired Hip Hop culture for a quarter century and continues to permeate the culture that made it a success.
Revolving around the Crack Epidemic, this film grossed $7,039,622 during its opening weekend becoming the highest-grossing Indy film of 91 also being the inspiration for Cash Money Records and Lil Wayne’s Tha Carterseries.
Chris Rock photographed by Dave Allocca while attending the 1993 Kids for Kids Pediatric AIDS Benefit in New York City, NY - April 18, 1993
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New Jack City really ain’t nothing but 2 hours of violent aesthetics and cultural one liners. Like not one person in this fucking movie is a good nor decent person. Just pure violence from beginning to end but gotdamn it’s some Black Shakespearen tragedy shit.
