Meaning? It should be about the cause…equality, civil liberties, and a resistance to racism for starters. As for the people, it has been an avenue for poor street young men like JayZ to become millionaires, despite the fact that he was able to avoid the trap the vast majority of young black men who deal drugs either end up dead, imprisoned or disconnected with the mainstream of American life and the its dream. Thoughts? Ps: that last sentence comes from journalist Roger Wilkins in his essay from 1990-92 called “The Throwaway People” on PBS FRONTLINE.