Los Angeles riots: Gangsta rap foretold them and grew after them
The LA riots of 1992 arrived with its soundtrack in place. Sanctioned police brutality, a grim job market, gang life, a decimated school system, the toll of crack on poor neighborhoods and racial tensions were all being documented by West Coast rappers
The riots in LA were a horrific scene, but for quite a few observers they were the natural outgrowth of the volatility brewing throughout the Reagan/Bush years. Between trickle down economics and the “war on drugs,” what happened in LA was the product
Readers by the dozens have shared their memories of the 1992 Los Angeles riots, which erupted 20 years ago this week. "This series captivated me, about something so influential to our city's history, but before my lifetime, yet recent enough that it is
The riots in LA were a horrific scene, but for quite a few observers they were the natural outgrowth of the volatility brewing throughout the Reagan/Bush years. Between trickle down economics and the “war on drugs,” what happened in LA was the product
The LA riots of 1992 arrived with its soundtrack in place. Sanctioned police brutality, a grim job market, gang life, a decimated school system, the toll of crack on poor neighborhoods and racial tensions were all being documented by West Coast rappers
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