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- <text id=92TT0416>
- <title>
- Feb. 24, 1992: Jailhouse Rap
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- <history>
- TIME--The Weekly Newsmagazine--1992
- Feb. 24, 1992 Holy Alliance
- </history>
- <article>
- <source>Time Magazine</source>
- <hdr>
- PEOPLE, Page 72
- Jailhouse Rap
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- <p>By Michael Quinn
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- <p> They call themselves the Lifers Group--a name redolent
- with the romantic portrait of prison life that permeates the
- work of many major rap stars. But the rappers of the Lifers
- Group really are lifers--23 inmates serving long stretches at
- New Jersey's Rahway prison. Last year incarcerated killer
- Maxwell Melvins persuaded Hollywood Basic Records to ante up
- $150,000 for an album of hip-hop and heartfelt confessions
- designed to deter youthful offenders. A short film shot on
- location, Lifers Group World Tour: Rahway Prison, That's It, is
- now vying for best video at next week's Grammys. Unable to
- wangle a furlough for the event, the Lifers will be watching it--behind bars.
- </p>
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- </body></article>
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