Los Angeles in the late 1980s and early 1990s is remembered for Magic Johnson ruling the court, and the riots in the wake of the trial of the police officers accused of beating Rodney King, and South Central becoming a US national byword for urban mismanagement. Lamar’s musical forefathers would have been proud. The iconography was a right hook aimed at America’s solar plexus. He performed The Blacker the Berry – a blistering rap song that condemns systematic racism – with hands bound and his band locked inside jail cells. Before reading this article, we recommend you find a comfy seat, open a cold one and click on this Spotify playlist of tunes old and new from the LA sceneĪt the Grammy Awards in February, Kendrick Lamar walked out on stage in chains.
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