Although black people account for only 12 percent of the U.S. population, an estimated 60 percent of all prisoners in the United States are black.  With that being said, GWOP staff has compiled a list of our favorite Hip Hop acts that are currently locked up in the system.

In the history of hip-hop, popular rappers such as Slick Rick, Tupac Shakur, Lil’ Kim, Foxy Brown, Remy Ma, Beanie Sigel,  Black Rob, Shyne, Mystikal, Gucci Mane, T.I.  and C-Murder have spent a few months to several years in prison. Snoop Dogg was acquitted of murder; Diddy faced jail time but he was acquitted on bribery and weapons charges in 2001 stemming from a club shooting. His protege, Shyne, wasn’t as lucky and was convicted in the same case and sentenced to 10 years.  GWOP Magazine staff have compiled a list of the best rappers behind bars.

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HOUSTON – Since the late 1990s, it has been glorified in rap music and become a part of underground Americana.Individuals who have actually turned over the counter cough syrup into their drug of choice.  Houston legendary rapper Willie D of the Geto Boys knows just how dangerous the misuse of cough syrup or as some call it “robo-tripping” can be.  He’s seen some heavyweight Houston entertainers die as a result of the abuse of codeine in cough syrup.  “After the death of Big Moe and DJ Screw, people took notice how he died,” Willie D says.

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Top 200 Album Sales (Top 5 Hip Hop/R&B)

Rank	Artist	Album	This Week	Est. Total
3	Eminem	Recovery	93,000	2,420,000
13	Usher	Versus	22,000	68,000
16	Drake	Thank Me Later	20,000	1,034,000
24	Rick Ross	Teflon Don	16,000	368746
30	Usher	Raymond v. Raymond	14,000	1,051,000



Rank	Artist	Album	This Week	Est. Total
66	Bun B	Trill O.G.	6,500	83,000
68	Big Boi	Sir Lucious Left Foot: The Son of Chico Dusty	6,400	161,000
119	Mike Posner	31 Minutes To Takeoff	4,000	48,100
131	Ludacris	Battle of the Sexes	3,700	529,000
145	Roots	How I Got Over	3,500	140,000



Out of the top 10 list, African Americans are more than 50% of the population on 8 of the 10 cities listed.  Read the Full Story after the jump to see if your city made the list.

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Today marks the nine year anniversary of the  terrorists attacks on the World Trade Center in New York.

On this day, 19 al-Qaeda terrorists hijacked four commercial passenger jet airliners.^[2][3] The hijackers intentionally crashed two of the airliners into the Twin Towers of the World Trade Center in New York City, killing everyone on board and many others working in the buildings. Both buildings collapsed within two hours, destroying nearby buildings and damaging others. The hijackers crashed a third airliner into the Pentagon in Arlington, Virginia, just outside Washington, D.C. The fourth plane crashed into a field near Shanksville in rural Pennsylvania after some of its passengers and flight crew attempted to retake control of the plane, which the hijackers had redirected toward Washington, D.C. There were no survivors from any of the flights.

The death toll of the attacks was 2,996, including the 19 hijackers.

pictured above former president of United States George W. Bush getting word of the attacks.

Where were you on 9/11? and what were you doing?

It’s been nine years since, Detroit legend, Aaliyah  Haughton died in a plane crash and left a void in the hearts of her family, friends and fans.

The singer was still rising when her life was cut short. She released multiplatinum albums and had just started her film career. Checkout tribute video after the jump. Her music will live forever.

RIP Aaliyah (January 16, 1979 – August 25, 2001)