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*A press conference has been called by a Southern California organization called California Friends of the African American Caucus to highlight increasing hate crimes in Compton. The press conference, scheduled for Monday (01-28-13) morning at 11am Pacific on the steps of Compton City Hall, was spurred by an incident this past week. In the wake [...]
*For those looking to deepen their history of west coast hip hop, (and find out a little-known secret about one of its most famous rappers), the newly-released documentary short “Hood Life: A Hip-Hop Guided Tour of Compton” seeks to do just that. Guiding visitors through South Central Los Angeles, where numerous hip-hop icons were born, [...]
*Compton is back on the Hip Hop map thanks to the top debut of Kendrick Lamar’s album “good kid, m.A.A.d. city.” The 25-year-old rapper raked in 241,000 sales on Oct. 22; topped out on Billboard’s R&B/Hip Hop chart, and hit no. 2 on Billboard’s 100 chart - right behind Taylor Swift’s “Red” album - making it the top selling album [...]
Compton, CA. — Rep. Laura Richardson (D-California) kicked off her campaign for re-election on Saturday, September 8 in Carson, Calif. Currently representing the 37th Congressional District, the Congresswoman is now running in the newly created 44th district. A district that includes the cities of Carson, Compton, South Gate, Lynwood, and the communities of Watts, Wilmington, San [...]
*America’s tennis sisters are more popular than ever, especially after winning in the Olympics. Venus and Serena Williams appear on the cover of The New York Times Magazine with an accompanying feature story about their secrets to success, best times, career lows, and dealing with racism. Serena shared a horrible dealing while at the Indian [...]
*Yeah Serena Williams is from the hood, and she was sure to let the whole world know when she took a moment to reference the hood with a little Crip Walk after winning an Olympic gold medal. Snoop Dogg definitely noticed and saluted the champion tennis player with a “Go Girl.” His praise came just [...]
*Skyy Fisher, the knucklehead who referred to Trayvon Martin as “that faggot black dude in Florida,” is having second and third thoughts about the comment. Fisher, 28, a member of the Compton Unified School District’s School Board in California recently issued the following statement regarding his controversial utterance and others on a local Internet radio [...]
*Ex-porn actress Sasha Grey (pictured) said she will not back out of a national elementary school reading program claiming she will not “live in fear” of her X-rated past, according to TMZ. Grey participated in the “Read Across America” program at Emerson Elementary School in Compton, CA in early November. Grey, who said she has not [...]
Because even if they do accept E.B.T., a liquor store is not a grocery store… On Thursday, United Food and Commercial Workers Local 770, the union representing about 62,000 employees of Ralph’s, Vons, Food 4 Less, and Albertson’s in Southern California filed a 72-hour notice of its intention to end its current working arrangements with the chain stores, [...]
*On Sunday (July 17), husband and wife, Flex Alexander and Shanice Wilson co-hosted the 11th annual 2011 Gospel Summer JAM in Compton, Calif., with special performances by award winning choir “Voices of Destiny, The Soul Seekers, the Geek Squad, Jim Gittum, Will Johnson and Echoes of Worship and plenty more. The long anticipated event took [...]
*Ousted “American Idol” contestant Jacob Lusk said he was hurt by constant criticism from the show’s in house mentor Jimmy Iovine. “It is definitely hard to have someone beat you over the head with a baseball bat, and then say go ahead and sing for your life,” Lusk said in a conference call. The 23 [...]
*The Voices of Destiny Choir (VOD) from Compton, California has won the Verizon “How Sweet the Sound” national choir competition. With electrifying choreography fit for Dancing with the Stars and Glee-like theatrical presentation, the group dominated thirteen other choirs from around the country, performing the a remix of Byron Cage’s “The Presence of the Lord” [...]
*Let’s face it: Reality shows have taken over the entire TV universe. We continue to be inundated with Kirstie Alley’s latest attempts at weight loss. Do we really care who “The Real House-wife” is or WHAT state she lives in? C’mon, how “Amazing” can one race be. Look, its simple: Either you can Dance or [...]
*Former TV star Maia Campbell became a top ten trending topic on Twitter yesterday after WorldStarHipHop.com posted a video that showed what they claim is the actress-turned-prostitute on a drug-induced rant in Compton, Calif. The 32-year-old actress is best known for her role as Tiffany Warren in the sitcom “In the House,” which starred LL [...]
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