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Compton, California, a city just outside of Los Angeles, may be the third city in the state to file bankruptcy. The city, which has become an iconic symbol of black inner-city life thanks to the music of West Coast hip-hop acts like NWA, is facing a $43 million deficit, and high-ranking city officials, including Mayor […]

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The Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department said Wednesday authorities will not pursue criminal charges against a rap artist after he apologized for his Twitter account’s role in causing a deluge of telephone calls into the department’s Compton station. The Game, whose real name is Jayceon Taylor and who also uses the name Charles Louboutin on […]