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&nbsp;<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&rsquo;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:&nbsp;</strong>&ldquo;It was the first one of the new year, after our first year anniversary. The police just showed up deep.&rdquo;</p> <p><a href="https://medium.com/@prkrpubs/the-96-lapd-raid-of-the-project-blowed-hip-hop-open-mic-71da06fe7c75"><strong>Website</strong></a></p>
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