Three suspects have been arrested for an alleged race-based attack on a black family in Compton, Calif. Two men and a teenage boy of Latin heritage allegedly beat a black man visiting a family that had recently moved into the neighborhood. The trio used metal pipes and uttered racial slurs, reports say. One of the [...]
Kendrick Lamar, Meek Mill: Hip-Hop’s New Storytellers Take Divergent Paths
October 29, 2012 | Posted by
In one corner is Kendrick Lamar, from Compton, Calif., one of the most daring and sometimes vexing rappers of the day and one who is inverting the gang-rap legacy of his hometown while working under the auspices of one of its founding fathers, Dr. Dre. In the other corner is Meek Mill, from Philadelphia, a [...]
New Music: Kendrick Lamar ft. Young Jeezy, ‘Westside, Right On Time’
August 18, 2012 | Posted by
While the world will have to wait until September for Kendrick Lamar’s party-centric collabo with Lady Gaga, the Compton MC today releases another joint effort in the Young Jeezy-aided “Westside, Right On Time”. Produced by Canei Finch, the track’s sampled soul harmonies and clattery drum beat dial back the intensity, something Lamar responds to with [...]
