south los angeles
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Rappers YG, The Game, Rival Gangs Take Over Compton for Peace Walk
This comes just months after Kendrick Lamar brought together a myriad of rival gangs onstage at his Pop Out Juneteenth concert.
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Nipsey Hussle To Receive Star on Hollywood Walk of Fame
The ceremony is set to take place Monday, Aug. 15 on what would be the late rapper's 37th birthday.
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L.A. City Council Redraws Voter Map
The redistricting process pits two Black councilmen against each other
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Nipsey Hussle Celebrated as a Visionary Activist at Public Memorial in Los Angeles
Tens of thousands of people packed Los Angeles’ 21,000-capacity Staples Center Thursday while many others stood outside and gathered throughout the city as fans, friends and family bid farewell to Nipsey Hussle at a public memorial. Billed as a “Celebration of Life,” the memorial brought people together from throughout Los Angeles and beyond. Scripture was…
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Crenshaw and Slauson Intersection to be Named in Honor of Nipsey Hussle
Nipsey Hussle had nothing but love for his community of South Los Angeles, and now an intersection in the neighborhood will be named in honor of the slain rapper. Los Angeles City Councilman Marqueece Harris-Dawson made the announcement on Tuesday that the intersection of Crenshaw Boulevard and West Slauson Avenue will now be known as…
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Watch: Nipsey Hussle on Eritrean Pride as Eritrean American Community Mourns One of Its Own
He became famous as Nipsey Hussle, but he was beloved as simply “Ermias” among the Eritrean-American community Hussle proudly embraced as the child born Ermias Asghedom to Eritrean and African American parents. Members of Los Angeles’ Eritrean American community gathered to remember Hussle during a memorial service Sunday at the Medhani-Alem Eritrean Orthodox Tewahdo Church…
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To Live and Die in South L.A.
It’s important for people to understand why it’s OK for Nipsey Hussle to be seen as a hero in South Los Angeles. But we have to get a few things straight. Don’t get distracted by the fact that he was a Rollin’ 60s Crip; people join gangs because they seek a sense of community in…
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South Los Angeles Street Gets Renamed After Barack Obama
In 2007, Barack Obama was a young and spry freshman senator from Chicago who made South Los Angeles, Calif., his first stop during his presidential election. In 2008, he became the first black president and successfully won a second term four years later. In honor of the former president, the L.A. City Council voted to…
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Lee Wesley Gibson, the Oldest Pullman Porter, Dies at 106
Lee Wesley Gibson, believed to have been the oldest living Pullman porter, died Saturday at his home, surrounded by family. He was 106 years old. “He had just celebrated his birthday five weeks earlier and he thanked everyone,” family friend Rosalind Stevenson told the Los Angeles Times. Gibson started working as a coach attendant with…