They're not much of a thing now, but back in the '80s, '90s, and early '00s, these bad boys were everywhere. I mean, if you were a middle-aged white boomer pissed about your kids listening to hip-hop, then this was a godsend to you! You know all the classic tropes: bright kid turned junkie, innocent girl turned partying druggie, promising young athlete turned crack fiend. Also, just to be clear, this isn't an endorsement of this sub-genre in any way. A lot of these movies were racist and sexist garbage that were built on conservative, bigoted tropes by middle-aged white guys. Anyways, let's just jump right into it.
