Subject:

Compton

  • Blogs

    February 9, 2012

    Hip-Hop Finds Salvation: Five Fresh Rappers to Watch in 2012

    ​Hip-hop has been changing the world of music since the Last Poets dropped their debut album in 1970. By nature, the peripheral evolution is a signal sent from the depths of the underground, representing a heartbeat that drives the creative genius behind the genre. The wavelengths, at their p ... More >>

  • Music

    October 27, 2011

    Kendrick Lamar at Revolution, October 28

    ​Hip-hop has been changing the world of music since the Last Poets dropped their debut album in 1970. By nature, the peripheral evolution is a signal sent from the depths of the underground, representing a heartbeat that drives the creative genius behind the genre. The wavelengths, at their p ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 16, 2009

    Cowards In Compton Get Sprayed In Dade

    Back in 92', that's 17 years ago, Snoop wasn't the Doggfather, DRE wasn't unfuckwithable and Luke got tried on wax on a track called "Fuck Wit Dre Day" on The Chronic. The diss apparently stemmed from a song on Luke's first solo cd, I Got Shit On My Mind, where he and JT Money call out all the f ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 3, 2009

    Rap Stardom Can Wait. For Now "Godsent the General" Just Wants a Steady Job

    When Fifty Cent rapped about dealing drugs and surviving a hail of bullets, he had credibility. The Game claims his from having 'banged with the Bloods during a Compton upbringing. So you'd think dealing drugs and a federal penitentiary stay would confer industry advantages to a 30-year-old West Pal ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 23, 2008

    More Punishment From Lee Abrams

    When Fifty Cent rapped about dealing drugs and surviving a hail of bullets, he had credibility. The Game claims his from having 'banged with the Bloods during a Compton upbringing. So you'd think dealing drugs and a federal penitentiary stay would confer industry advantages to a 30-year-old West Pal ... More >>

  • Music

    June 26, 2008

    Punch Drunk

    Is Miami rapper Punchanello punching out?

  • Music

    March 6, 2008

    Man-Child in the Promised Land

    Pop star Sean Kingston hopes the party's just begun

  • Blogs

    September 25, 2007

    Is Dr. Dre on Steroids?

    Pop star Sean Kingston hopes the party's just begun

  • Music

    September 1, 2005

    Hardcore Act

    Jada Pinkett-Smith grabs a mic and rages on-stage

  • Film

    November 18, 2004

    Next Best Thing

    If you weren't at this landmark blues concert, Lightning in a Bottle will do

  • Music

    June 12, 2003

    The Isley Brothers

    Body Kiss (T-Neck/Dreamworks)

  • Music

    May 15, 2003

    El Gran Silencio

    Super Riddim Internacional! Vol. 1 (EMI)

  • News

    February 18, 1999

    Little Soldiers in the Culture War

    Evangelical radical Bill Gothard's Character First! curriculum teaches students in Fort Lauderdale to obey his will

  • Music

    August 20, 1998

    Rapper's Demise

    Evangelical radical Bill Gothard's Character First! curriculum teaches students in Fort Lauderdale to obey his will

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