Derrick Parker, NYPD’s Famed “Hip-Hop Cop” Dead At 65

Derrick Parker, the former NYPD detective who became widely known as the department’s “Hip-Hop Cop,” has died. He was 65 years old. As spotted on The New York Times, Parker died July 24 at a hospital in East Meadow, N.Y., after suffering a heart attack, according to his brother Strickland Parker. His death closes the […]