The Story of Gangstalicious

Infobox Boondocks Episode
Title = The Story of Gangstalicious


Caption = Gangstalicious, Riley's favorite rap idol
Airdate = December 11, 2005
Season no. = 1
Episode no. = 6
Production no. = 107
Writer = Rodney Barnes
Aaron McGruder
Director = Seung Eun Kim
Guests = Mos Def
DJ Pooh
Sway
James Arnold Taylor
Kym Whitley
Episode list = Infobox Boondocks Season 1

"The Story of Gangstalicious" is the sixth episode of the Adult Swim animated television series "The Boondocks". It originally aired on December 11, 2005

Plot

The episode begins with a notice.

cquote|The following is a completely fictional work of satire. Any similarities with actual rappers is totally, completely, coincidental.

Also, I ain't dissin' nobody's city, or region, or... whatever geographic affiliation you got. I love everybody.

Seriously. I really don't want any of you niggas running up on me at the club. I don't have no crew, and they don't pay me enough to hire bodyguards. I know how ya'll niggas do. It's just jokes, man.

Dictated. Not read.

The management.

Riley's favorite rapper, Gangstalicious, is shot (again) while performing a concert in Woodcrest. Gangstalicious is singing his new song "I Got Shot", when three men suddenly rush the stage and shoot him. Because everybody initially believed this to be a part of the act, forty-five minutes pass until an ambulance is finally called.

A self-proclaimed "street soldier", Riley makes it his mission to get to the hospital to help Gangstalicious by any means necessary. After feigning accidents and injury fail, Riley tries drinking orange juice straight from the carton — an action Granddad Freeman utterly detests. As punishment, Granddad makes Riley ride his bike to the store to buy some orange juice, but specifically threatens him against going to the hospital.

Regardless, Riley heads straight for the hospital and meets Gangstalicious, who is bedridden. Gangstalicious becomes severely anxious when Riley informs him that no officers or security guards are protecting his room. Upon double checking, Riley discovers three men asking about Gangstalicious at the hospital's front desk. The three men see Riley sneaking around and try to talk to him, but Riley is able to flee back to Gangstalicious' room. The two escape and jack a car, but not before a close call with the three armed men whose poor aim allows a successful getaway.

A chase ensues. Riley and Gangstalicious are caught when they run into a line of cars stopped at a red light on a one-way street. They are taken to a remote location, where Gangstalicious is stripped, bound, and blindfolded, in preparation for what appears to be a brutal gangland murder. However, the leader of the three men, Lincoln, approaches Gangstalicious and suddenly proclaims his love for him, kissing him passionately on the lips. "We could have had a life together, man!" he exclaimed. The three men then back up and open fire, emptying their magazines in his direction. However, every single one of the shots misses Gangstalicious, who then scurries away. Riley faints and later walks home.

Cultural references

* The documentary the boys watch at the beginning of the episode, "Gangstalicious: Resurrection", is a parody of "".
* Gangstalicious is a parody of several rappers, including 50 Cent, Ja Rule, Eminem and Cam'ron. Gangstalicious is always talking about getting shot and talks through his teeth like 50 Cent, is much shorter than he appears in his videos, like Ja Rule and wears pink often like Cam'ron.
* Gangstalicious's song "Thuggin Luv" could also be seen as a parody of Tupac's song "Thug Luv" or 50 Cent's early single "Thug Love" which featured Destiny's Child singing the hook, as does Gangstalicious' version.
* Gangstalicious, while talking to Riley in his hospital room, quotes Jules Winnfield from the movie "Pulp Fiction" — a character who was played by Samuel L. Jackson. Jackson voices a recurring character on the show, Gin Rummy.
* The scene where Gangstalicious' kidnappers shoot every round in their guns at him and miss can also be seen as a reference to a similar scene in Pulp Fiction.
* During one of his attempts to injure himself, Riley falls down the stairs and yells "My shoe!". This is a reference to Eddie Murphy's 1983 stand-up act, Eddie Murphy Delirious.
*Some incidents in the episode could be seen as allusions to actual rappers: the point where Gangstalicious is kissed by an alleged former associate in the drug gang can be seen as a parallel to the infamous Birdman/Lil' Wayne kiss. Even though the kiss didnt happen (or become famous) until 2006/2007. Another kissing reference could be the 50 Cent/ The Game kiss, which happened during the The Game's alleged "beef" with 50 Cent and the G-Unit.