Straight Otta Compton

Films I See by Gina Wong


Reality rap shit , Niggaz wit' attitude , Skateland in the 1980s.  Cube and Dr Dre 

What were you listening to in 1989?  While fans in Hong Kong was humming to the love ballads of Alan Tam's 愛在深秋， there was a revolution boiling in South Central Los Angeles by five black young men who decided to sing about the discrimination and violence from the city's law enforcement.  Hong Kong, you gotta catch up a little.  Ditch the ballads. 

"Mum just want to do  the best for you "

"Yah. I wanna do the best for me "

" hello manager , Are these rappers ? "

"You can't come down here and hares these guys just because they are black. "

"Fuck tha police ... " 

We gave the people truth. 

Michael Brown in Ferguson, Missouri. Whatever your feelings are about the events that led up to Mr. Brown’s death, you can’t deny the fact that there is a large discourse in this country among young African-Americans and law enforcement. This isn’t something new. Almost a quarter-century ago this nation had the same problems, brought to a head by the videotaped beating of Rodney King in Los Angeles. The acquittal of the four policemen involved brought about the same reactions