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The Game Pens Guest Column on Baltimore

Posted on April 29th, 2015
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The Game shows that he can use his pen in more ways than one stepping away from writing rhymes and expressing his thoughts on the riots in Baltimore. As a guest columnist on Billboard, the Cali star decided to speak on the matter outside of social media where he pens about the unrest from Monday, the disenfranchisement of young African-American men across the country and more. 

Within his column The Game recalls the riots of Los Angeles in 1992 comparing the situation and sights to that of present day Baltimore, analyzing how the results of the riots created a ripple affect

“Those stores which were in our neighborhood were no longer there and the other stores were 5 to 10 miles away, and it crippled our parents to have to venture out even further,” he wrote. 

You can check out an excerpt of the column below and the full piece over on Billboard.

I witnessed and was a part of the ’92 riots in Los Angeles, and you know the damage that did — not just to Los Angeles, but Watts, Compton, South Central and those areas. That happened when I was 11 years old. I remember looting and throwing bottles and jumping on bottles, jumping on police cars and just being angry. 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. Those stores which were in our neighborhood were no longer there and the other stores were 5 to 10 miles away, and it crippled our parents to have to venture out even further. I feel like we’re seeing the same things happening in Baltimore.

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