MUS 360 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Gangsta Rap, Mandatory Sentencing, Dj Yella
Document Summary
History of compton & south central la. History of the people behind the music of n. w. a. 1920"s 1950"s; compton = white blue collar, suburban community a place where regular white folks could live in the southern ca good life. Comptonites were violent to protect whiteness in early 20th c. Whites are worried that property values will lower because of blacks living in same area. Didn"t think they were racists by believing this. 1952, compton starts to get mixed (w. compton irst) Restricive racial covenants agreement writen w/ property deed specifying that a home cannot be sold to non-whites. White light move of white city dwellers to suburbs to escape inlux of minoriies. Blockbusing pracice of persuading owners to sell property cheaply because of fear of people of another race / class moving into neighborhood. Arrival of massive amounts of cocaine in 1980s. Underground economy & gangs ighing for control.
