Florida Rap Robbery “Off the Chain,” Says Florida Cop

A Florida rapper was robbed of $35,000 worth of jewelry last week in a Miami barbershop. That’s a shame, but it may have been worth it for the interview with a local police officer, which comes at 1:38 in the video. This guy’s got it all. The corny hard-boiled humor: “They took a little more off the top than he expected.” The stilted use of hip-hop slang: “This robbery was off the chain.” The insulting anthropological assessment: “For a rapper to have his bling stolen, they might as well have just stolen this man’s heart!” All in all, a very impressive job of reinforcing cop stereotypes established by officer “Hoppy” Hopkins in mid-70s episodes of Sanford and Son.