Reasonable doubt indeed

Last night I ended up reading through most of Derrick Parker's Notorious C.O.P.: The Inside Story of the Tupac, Biggie, and Jam Master Jay Investigations from the NYPD's First "Hip-Hop Cop," which will be available in stores next month, the same day as the new Gin Blossoms album.

If, for some reason, you only have $20, I don't think I need to tell you which one to cop. This book has some interesting tidbits though, including the following about the self-proclaimed CEO of Hip-Hop.

First of all, was Jay-Z really the Nino Brown of the Marcy projects, as he likes to claim in his raps? Derrick Parker says probably not. To wit:

In songs and interviews, Jay-Z claims an extensive history as a cocaine kingpin, and shouts out authentic drug players like Calvin "Klein" Bacote in his rhymes; yet as far as I knew, though, even though he was from the right 'hood for it, he was never in that picture. I can't say for certain whether Jay-Z was a big dealer or not, but if he was, I'm pretty sure I would've heard about it.

In other words, the nigger's lying.

And here's an interesting bit about Jay getting hemmed up right out in public by 2Pac's ass rape Co-D and alleged would be assassin, the infamous Haitian Jack:

[Haitian] Jack continues his one-man assault wave right up to today: in month's past, he allegedly shot a patron at a L.A. nightclub. Jack was also rumored to have stepped to Jay-Z in public and pinned him to a wall after the rapper supposedly disrespected him in some way - with no retribution.

Granted, if you're the president of Def Jam, it's not like you can just stab people in public as if this was 1999. Still, I have to say my opinion of Jay is tarnished a bit.