"It ain't easy being fly"

That and other insights on hip-hop and crime in Charlotte via CNN. That would be the CNN seen world-wide, Uptown crowd.

It ain’t easy being world class.

Via Crime-in-Charlotte.

Update: Don’t miss District Court Judge Phil Howerton telling CNN that the hip-hop industry could help solve the problem of youth crime by changing its bling-bling message. Meanwhile, Judge Howerton will be reducing bail for Charlotte’s repeat offenders. Good plan.