The ’96 LAPD raid of the Project Blowed hip hop open mic
<p>In early January 1996, LAPD raided the Project Blowed open mic in South Central.</p>
<p>(Born out of the <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WTNrb3Bln9A" rel="noopener ugc nofollow" target="_blank">Good Life Cafe</a>, the Project Blowed open mic was hosted at film professor Ben Caldwell’s KAOS Network venue. The Blowed crew includes underground hip hop luminaries like Freestyle Fellowship, Chillin Villain Empire, Rifleman Ellay Khule, Otherwize, Aceyalone, Abstract Rude, Myka 9, Busdriver, and many more.)</p>
<p><strong>Riddlore: </strong>“It was the first one of the new year, after our first year anniversary. The police just showed up deep.”</p>
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