Inspectah Deck (Wu-Tang Clan Chapter 5): Running Scams, Doing Time, and NYC’s Ongoing War Against the Drug Trade

DISGRACELAND

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Music, True Crime, Society & Culture

4.6 • 13.4K Ratings

🗓️ 26 September 2023

⏱️ 36 minutes

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Summary

At just 15 years old, Inspectah Deck had to learn how to hold his own against older, more dangerous convicts when he was sent to jail for selling crack to an undercover cop. It wasn’t the first time he did hard time. Multiple stints behind bars gave him nothing but time – to reflect, to strategize, to learn how to rap, and to take that new skill and use it to turn his life around on the outside. But years later, the bad decisions of his youth were just some of the reasons why the the NYPD, the ATF, and the FBI were so interested in his groundbreaking hip-hop group. To see the full list of contributors, see the show notes at www.disgracelandpod.com. Sign up for our newsletter and get the inside dirt on events, merch and other awesomeness - GET THE NEWSLETTER Follow Jake and DISGRACELAND: Instagram YouTube X (formerly Twitter) Facebook Fan Group TikTok To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Alright, get ready to raise a glass and turn up the volume because drink champs is back.
0:13.9	Join host Nori and DJ EFN as a drink laugh and chat with some of the biggest names in
0:18.8	hip hop and pop culture.
0:20.4	Some of the most legendary guests like Derek Jeter, ASAP Rocky and Kevin Hart, drink champs
0:25.8	has got it all.
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0:31.0	network wherever you get your podcasts.
0:34.0	Discrease land is a production of Double Elvis.
0:53.9	The stories about Wu Tang Clan's inspected deck are insane.
0:59.6	Growing up poor in the Staten Island projects, he stole and ran scams to get the things
1:04.8	he didn't have.
1:06.6	When he was 15, he was arrested for selling crack to an undercover cop.
1:11.6	In jail, he learned how to hold his own against older, more dangerous convicts.
1:17.4	But despite what he learned, he was busted for drugs again and wound up doing nearly
1:23.2	two more years behind bars.
1:26.5	It was in prison the second time that he began to work on his rhyming skills.
1:31.5	He made his tongue as sharp as a sword.
1:34.9	And with that razor sharp tongue, inspected deck made great music.
1:41.1	Some of the greatest music in hip hop history as a member of Wu Tang Clan.
1:46.6	Unlike that clip I played for you at the top of the show, that wasn't great music.
1:52.1	That was a preset loop from my melotron called resuscitation dummy MK2.
1:59.5	I played you that clip because I can't afford the rights to escape by Janet Jackson.
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