Photos: The vida loca of East L.A. teen gang culture in the 90s

<p>East L.A. in the early 90s: Gangsta&rsquo; rap infiltrated the airwaves and the War on Drugs was in full swing.&nbsp;While the rest of the country watched the Rodney King&nbsp;<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1992_Los_Angeles_riots" rel="noopener ugc nofollow" target="_blank">riots</a>&nbsp;on TV, young Angelenos saw themselves being simultaneously celebrated and vilified on the national stage.</p> <p>Pop culture was already catching up with the sounds and aesthetic of East L.A. But where Hollywood was glossing over the emerging voices of black and Chicano communities with&nbsp;<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colors_%28film%29" rel="noopener ugc nofollow" target="_blank">stereotypes</a>, photojournalist&nbsp;<a href="http://www.lataco.com/interview-joseph-rodriguez/" rel="noopener ugc nofollow" target="_blank">Joseph Rodriguez</a>&nbsp;was out to understand a new generation of young people coping with the protracted burdens of a racist drug war, gang violence and the disillusionment of poverty.</p> <p><a href="https://timeline.com/teen-gang-culture-90s-b197bcbf1111"><strong>Click Here</strong></a></p>
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