Rapper Kendrick Lamar became a household name with 2015's To Pimp a Butterfly, which earned an impressive 11 Grammy noms and five wins, including best rap album. Despite the fame and fortune and his high-profile ties to Dr. Dre's record label, there's still plenty to discover about this Compton, California kid... All in a name | 0:26 Biggest vice | 1:18 Secret tracks | 2:13 Tribute to Tupac | 2:59 'Corny' hype | 3:42 Eminem's test | 4:16 Africa experience | 5:01 Inspiration | 5:28 Work ethic | 6:09 The realest feedback | 6:37
From YouTube:
"Compton, California, is one of hip-hop's most celebrated locales, the birthplace of acts like N.W.A. and, more recently, Kendrick Lamar. It's also home to a complicated gang culture. Noisey Bompton centers around Kendrick Lamar and the friends he grew up with on the West Side of Compton, many of whom feature on the cover of his album 'To Pimp A Butterfly.' n the first of six segments, we sit down with Kendrick to talk about his acclaimed albums, pay a visit to his high school, Centennial, and get to know his childhood friend Lil L."
LA, like most American cities, is highly segregated:
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| The RED dots show white people, BLUE is black, ORANGE is Hispanic, GREEN is Asian, and YELLOW is other. |
From Business Insider "21 Maps Of Highly Segregated Cities In America"
Rebecca Baird-Remba and Gus Lubin Apr. 25, 2013:
LOS ANGELES, Calif. — White people cling to the coast around Santa Monica and Brentwood, and the north side of the city beginning with the Hollywood Hills.
L.A.'s black-white dissimilarity score is 65.0, according to a study of 2010 Census data by professors John Logan and Brian Stults of Brown and Florida State University. A score above 60 on the dissimilarity index is considered very high segregation.
The red dots show white people, blue is black, orange is Hispanic, green is Asian, and yellow is other, according to maps of 2010 Census data by Eric Fischer.
From Big Think: Gangs of LA
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