Mac Dre for example was more or less famous for doing a lot of the crazy **** he rapped about, but who knows how true any of it is.
East Oakland, Richmond, parts of SF, are dicey. Richmond and Oakland were trying to outdo each other on homicides a year back in '03... It was retarded. It was some odd 120 or so homicides in one year, and they were neck and neck. Richmond finally passed Oakland in like '05 or '06 and things took a backseat. Local papers had/have been noting the decrease in violence and how they thought it would increase with the stale economy and it's really not as bad as a decade ago.
But hell, 75% is a ballpark guess. I don't live in East Oakland, or Richmond. I lived nearby, but its a different game I know. Point is, though, is rappers spice up their **** most of the time. I think 25% truth is reasonable when it comes to the gangster ****.
Now we talk about The Grouch, that's like 80-99% truth right there, in my opinion. Del, speaking truth - sittin around, getting high, thinking, stayin out of trouble - something like 80% truth level. Ballpark estimates in my opinion, that's all.
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