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Los Angeles Riots: Gangsta Rap Foretold Them And Grew After Them
latimes.com 1 month agoToddy Tee and N.W.A were a ready-made soundtrack in April 1992. Ice Cube's and Dr. Dre's albums that year explained the feelings in South L.A. neighborhoods. Snoop Dogg, Tupac Shakur and more followed.In 1985, Los Angeles rapper Toddy Tee released what could be considered West Coast hip-hop's opening salvo against police brutality in black neighborhoods. The electro-grooved "Batterram," named for the battering ram that then-LAPD Chief Daryl F. Gates used to smash into homes of suspected drug dealers, was a
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Rev. Al ‘Court’ed As Judge
mypost.com 1 day, 1 hour agoThe Rev. Al Sharpton took meetings in Hollywood several years ago as part of an accused drug dealer’s plan to turn him from a civil-rights activist into a TV judge. Sharpton’s travel to the West Coast was allegedly funded by hip-hop mogul James “Jimmy Henchman” Rosemond, who’s...










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