...then go to Wikipedia and look up the article on the Hoe Avenue Peace Meeting. Many people believe there is a direct connection between this song and the attempted assassination of Spanish Eddie Vicinti, who was shot in the face and believed dead for a while by corrupt city officials who wished to prevent a city-wide Gang Truce. The belief was the gangs would first have a Truce but as they got older, they would become one strong force in organized crime. I'm from NYC...
...then go to Wikipedia and look up the article on the Hoe Avenue Peace Meeting. Many people believe there is a direct connection between this song and the attempted assassination of Spanish Eddie Vicinti, who was shot in the face and believed dead for a while by corrupt city officials who wished to prevent a city-wide Gang Truce. The belief was the gangs would first have a Truce but as they got older, they would become one strong force in organized crime. I'm from NYC and while I'm barely old enough to remember all those facts, when the song first hit the airwaves, I was in College and even then I was asking cops about Spanish Eddie Vicenti. He was a Youth Authority worker who had once been a gang member. He had grown very influential and was considered to be "too close" to the youth gangs so he got "Serpico'd".
What is this song really about????
@vanthony Check out this link here: http://oldschoolerscrew.blogspot.com/2010/01/peace-by-all-means-necessary-hoe.html
@vanthony Check out this link here: http://oldschoolerscrew.blogspot.com/2010/01/peace-by-all-means-necessary-hoe.html
...then go to Wikipedia and look up the article on the Hoe Avenue Peace Meeting. Many people believe there is a direct connection between this song and the attempted assassination of Spanish Eddie Vicinti, who was shot in the face and believed dead for a while by corrupt city officials who wished to prevent a city-wide Gang Truce. The belief was the gangs would first have a Truce but as they got older, they would become one strong force in organized crime. I'm from NYC...
...then go to Wikipedia and look up the article on the Hoe Avenue Peace Meeting. Many people believe there is a direct connection between this song and the attempted assassination of Spanish Eddie Vicinti, who was shot in the face and believed dead for a while by corrupt city officials who wished to prevent a city-wide Gang Truce. The belief was the gangs would first have a Truce but as they got older, they would become one strong force in organized crime. I'm from NYC and while I'm barely old enough to remember all those facts, when the song first hit the airwaves, I was in College and even then I was asking cops about Spanish Eddie Vicenti. He was a Youth Authority worker who had once been a gang member. He had grown very influential and was considered to be "too close" to the youth gangs so he got "Serpico'd".