“One of the special features on the anniversary DVD of *Scarface* taps into classic whitey dread: a Def Jam-produced minfomerical in which mainstream rap stars make a case for Tony Montana's sainthood, claiming him as the street equivalent of a traditional comic book hero. Jean Grae may traffic in "gangsta" tropes, but she also subverts them by taking a galactic (as opposed to merely earth- or hood”
