Drugs + Hip-Hop
by Ben Westhoffin 🎭️ Culture
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Drugs + Hip-Hop
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From Wuhan drug labs to West Coast gangsta rap.
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About Ben Westhoff
Ben Westhoff is the author of Fentanyl, Inc., about new synthetic drugs, and Original Gangstas, about the birth of West Coast Hip-Hop. He writes the Substack newsletter Drugs + Hip-Hop.
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