COMPTON– Compton Mayor Aja Brown and the City Council invite the public to join them on Saturday as they present rapper and Compton native Kendrick Lamar with the Key to the City. The event will take place in the heart of the City in front of the MLK Monument at City Hall Saturday, February 13 […]
LOS ANGELES (AP) — A 1-year-old girl lying in her crib at home in Compton was struck in the head and killed by a bullet likely meant for her gang-member father, Los Angeles County sheriff’s officials said Wednesday. The girl died in one of the most violent areas of Los Angeles County after a gunman […]
Kendrick Lamar, 28, received a total of seven nominations at the 2014 Grammy Awards, including Album of the Year. A year later, at the 2015 Grammy Awards, he won Best Rap Song and Best Rap Performance for his song “I.” In May, Lamar received the California State Senate’s “Generational Icon Award” from State Senator Isadore […]
Kendrick Lamar's winning streak has no plan of ending.
Deborah Cox is in-studio chilling with the cast of The D.L. Hughely Show! She plays a rousing game of This or That, in which she’d rather live in the hood Toronto over the hood in L.A. Plus, she gives a soulful sampling of one of her all-time favorite hit songs, “Nobody’s Supposed To Be Here.” Click on the audio player to hear […]
If you haven’t heard, pioneering rapper and producer Andre Young, more commonly known as Dr. Dre, announced on Beats 1 radio today that he will be donating all of his artist royalties earned from his new album Compton, to help fund a new performing arts and entertainment facility in Compton. Of course Compton Mayor Aja […]
Marion “Suge” Knight, Dr. Dre, and Ice Cube have been named in a wrongful death lawsuit [PDF] filed by the family of Terry Carter, the…
Marion “Suge” Knight, Dr. Dre, and Ice Cube have been named in a wrongful death lawsuit [PDF] filed by the family of Terry Carter, the…
So many mistakes have been made in the name of “keeping the peace.” Such is the case for the school board in Compton, Calif., who…
The crew working on the NWA biopic “Straight Outta Compton” learned how dangerous it could be in the hood when they were involved in a real-life…
Skyy Fisher, the controversial Compton Unified school board member who called slain teenager Trayvon Martin a “fa**ot Black dude” and school Superintendent Karen Frison a “b**ch” in…
Not every celebrity is trying to ball out as soon as they start making money. According to Gary With Da Tea, rapper Kendrick Lamar is actually…
