capsaicinintheeyes OP t1_iu9m8yk wrote on October 29, 2022 at 5:04 PM

Reply to comment by TumLab in TIL Al Capone was only 33 when he was locked away for tax evasion and developed neurosyphilis, leading to his death at 48. Eliot Ness was 27 when he formed the Untouchables--he died in a state of financial ruin in his 50s, likely hastened by his heavy drinking in his later life by capsaicinintheeyes

Hey, we also bump gangsta rap!

EDIT: but kidding aside, I think a lot of it does have its roots in prohibition: it was an era where a lot of otherwise mild-mannered people suddenly found themselves on the wrong side of the law, and I don't think our culture ever really "recovered" from it.

TumLab t1_iufgly2 wrote on October 30, 2022 at 10:38 PM

I know you were kidding, but just to be clear there is nothing illegal about “gangsta rap”