Nineteen-year-old Aaron Vickers was killed in a drive-by shooting 14 years ago in Compton. However, his family recently got an unexpected pleasant surprise in regards to his death.
The Doggfather is the definition of “legend”, his speech for “I Am Hip-Hop” honor showed us how real Snoop Dogg really is. During the 2016 BET Hip-Hop Awards, his introduction and tribute was given by Compton native Kendrick Lamar. “Through his examples, we discovered our own trans-formative abilities to make a mark on our art,” Kendrick said in […]
It’s hard to believe that Eazy-E would be 52 years old today. He was one of the pioneers of “Gangsta Rap” with the groundbreaking group N.W.A. For Eazy-E, the concept of gangsta rap was fully formed in his mind. By 1986, the genre, which nobody then called “gangsta rap” had begun to sprout in L.A. […]
The L.A. County Sheriff admitted that a deputy fatally shot an innocent man. He was unarmed and mistaken for a carjacker.
The good doctor D.R.E. will not criminal charges after an incident in front of his Malibu home. The Compton rapper/producer and Beats By Dre founder will not be facing any gun charges. Earlier in the week, a motorist accused Dr. Dre of pulling a gun on him after the N.W.A member told him to move from in […]
Cooper, accompanied by a flight instructor, capped the end to his two-week journey on Monday when he landed at his home base in Compton, California.
The Game continues to put in work in communities by assisting a family of eight with a basic necessities. As part of his “Yo Mama, My Mama” campaign helping mothers and families, the Compton rapper purchased $1,000 in groceries for a local family that he selected through Instagram. The first recipient was Yvette Hicks, a mother of […]
A 23-year-old has been arrested in the shooting death of a baby girl in Compton, California earlier this month, The LA Times reports. Ray Howard Patterson was taken into police custody by the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department Monday afternoon. Police believe Patterson was the same suspect who took off in a blue Chevrolet Impala […]
Autumn Johnson, the 1-year-old who was fatally shot and killed in Compton, was laid to rest on Saturday.
Add another accolade to one of the most successful producers in Hip Hop. Dr. Dre’s third studio album, Compton: A Soundtrack By Dr. Dre earns the Compton rapper and producer another gold plaque. The album was released alongside the N.W.A biopic, “Straight Outta Compton” last August and it was Dre’s first full-length release since 1999′s “Chronic […]
Director F. Gary Gray makes history in the film industry with the movie “Straight Outta Compton.” Bringing in an estimated $157.5 million in the U.S. and Canada, F. Gary Gray is now the highest-grossing black director of a single film in domestic sales. He has just surpassed the top movies with black directors such as “Scary […]
Lil Eazy-E, son of the late Eazy-E, recently provided a tour of the place where the group N.W.A first got its start. TMZ took their cameras with Dr. Dre’s son, Curtis Young and Lil Eazy-E offered a tour of the Compton, California garage studio where those in N.W.A recorded their early records. During the tour, Lil […]