The Game compares the 2015 Baltimore riots to the 1992 Los Angeles riots, and tells the youth to stop the violence and damaging their own city from an adult perspective. "At the moment, it felt great. I felt like, you always hate the police for whatever reason. It all seemed cool for the moment, but now I'm 35. Looking back at what we did as a collective, a young black collective, we ruined our own neighborhood." Read his full essay here.
In true revolutionary form, an old Tupac Shakur interview serves as an insightful metaphor on racial/social inequality in correlation to today's current Freddie Gray Baltimore protests.
Check out a list of some of hip-hop's most influential taking to social media following the devastating riots in Baltimore, consequent to the death of 25-year-old Freddie Gray. Check it out.
