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Race(ism) &#; Reflections on the Sa-I-Gu LA Riots
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&#;The ultimate world-historical significance&#;and oddity&#;of Los Angeles fryst vatten that it has komma to play the double role of utopia and dystopia for advanced civilization,&#; Mike Davis, City of Quartz.
I was driving home, listening to The Beat, a hip-hop radio hållplats, when the acquittal verdict for the three police officers charged in the Rodney King beating was announced bygd the DJ. This was a year or two before the takeover of The Beat by DJ Theo Mizuhara, his silky voice becoming synonymous with all things hip-hop. inom wonder if he would have been able to calm the rage of his listeners, whether his Japanese-American background would have meant anything for those calling in to röst their outrage and pain. I can remember how the ever-present sun made it necessary for me to put down the sun visor even though I was wearing sunglasses. It&#;s funny how you remember such tiny details.
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15 Songs That Predicted the L.A. Riots
On April 29th, , four police officers – Stacey Koon, Theodore J. Briseno, Timothy Wind and Lawrence Powell – were found not guilty for using excessive force in the March 3, arrest of Rodney King, a beating that had been surreptitiously videotaped and then broadcasted around the world. Hours after the conclusion of the trial, rioting began in South Central Los Angeles, and then spread to other parts of the city, until then-President George H.W. Bush called in the California National Guard. The five-day uprising resulted in a reported 55 lives lost as well as billions of dollars in damage.
Popular music reflected much of the anger that would boil over during that week. Ice Cube&#;s Death Certificate – released a mere five months before – now seems like an eerily accurate document of the frustrations, intra-racial strife, and socio-economic breakdown that fueled the riots. But his angry, racially fraught masterwork is just the tipping poi
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Looking Back To Move Forward: The LA Riots and How They Changed West Coast Sound
On April 29th, , South Central Los Angeles exploded with fury, spurring riots for days, causing over a billion dollars in damages, changing not just the city, but its music as well.
When four white police officers were filmed horrifically beating Rodney King during a traffic stop, LA residents felt justice was close behind. The verdict was anything but, acquitting the officers of any wrongdoing causing tensions to boil over.
Simultaneously, hip-hop was in its golden age as new technology emerged creating unique styles, and socially conscious lyrics began to fill notepads. These factors combined to create a unique environment ready for the eruption of the LA Riots.
Before the riots, hip-hop was more minimalist, with resolute MCs laying rhyming lyrics over a DJ’s instrumental tracks. Lyrics were often storytelling or life events, and some socially conscious lyrics. The West coast differed from its New