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The city of Miami, Florida's police force is actively monitoring Hip-Hop artists when they are in town, according to police.
Officers stake out airports, hotels, clubs and video shoots and have a binder with information on every rapper and their associates.
The six inch binder starts with a picture of 50 Cent and ends with Ja-Rule.
"A lot, if not most rappers belong to a gang," Miami police Sgt. Rafael Tapanes told the Miami Herald. "We keep track of their arrests and their associates."
Tapanes said they received the binder and training from the New York Police Department during a three day Hip-Hop training session last May.
Officers from other major cities such as Los Angeles and Atlanta were also present during the sessions.
"They were trained on what to look for in the lyrics, what to look for when they go to Hip-Hop concerts, what radio stations and TV stations to monitor to keep abreast of any rift between these rappers."
The police said they started gathering intelligence in 2001, after over 250,000 people flocked to Miami Beach for Labor Day festivities and overwhelmed the police force, who didn't anticipate such a large crowd.
Officials said they became determined to figure out how Hip-Hop music had gained such an enormous following.
Police gather information from a network of sources, including off-duty police on security detail, hotel and night club workers and other sources.
Source: allhiphop.com
Officers stake out airports, hotels, clubs and video shoots and have a binder with information on every rapper and their associates.
The six inch binder starts with a picture of 50 Cent and ends with Ja-Rule.
"A lot, if not most rappers belong to a gang," Miami police Sgt. Rafael Tapanes told the Miami Herald. "We keep track of their arrests and their associates."
Tapanes said they received the binder and training from the New York Police Department during a three day Hip-Hop training session last May.
Officers from other major cities such as Los Angeles and Atlanta were also present during the sessions.
"They were trained on what to look for in the lyrics, what to look for when they go to Hip-Hop concerts, what radio stations and TV stations to monitor to keep abreast of any rift between these rappers."
The police said they started gathering intelligence in 2001, after over 250,000 people flocked to Miami Beach for Labor Day festivities and overwhelmed the police force, who didn't anticipate such a large crowd.
Officials said they became determined to figure out how Hip-Hop music had gained such an enormous following.
Police gather information from a network of sources, including off-duty police on security detail, hotel and night club workers and other sources.
Source: allhiphop.com