New Jack City
Urban crime saga
New Jack City is a 1991 American crime film depicting a Harlem drug empire during the crack cocaine epidemic.
The title combines "new jack"—1980s slang for the emerging hip-hop generation and its aggressive urban style—with "city" to suggest a territory ruled by this new criminal class.
The film's title became shorthand for any neighborhood dominated by crack dealing and gang activity: This block turned into New Jack City overnight.
- crackNarrow break or attempt
- crack epidemicWidespread addiction to smokable cocaine
- cocaineAddictive stimulant narcotic
- drug tradeCommerce in illegal substances
- Ice-TRapper and actor
Wesley Snipes · gangster · 1991 · Harlem · drug lord · crime · ghetto · streets · hustler · street hustle · dealer · kingpin · projects · hood · rap · urban · addiction · police