![]() Cube had already been deep into the recording process for that album in March of 1991, when the videotaped beating of Rodney King first went public and teenager Latasha Harlins was shot and killed by corner store owner Soon Ja Du. Ice Cube had released his second album, the monumental Death Certificate on October 29, 1991. One of the people who saw it all coming was one O’Shea “ Ice Cube” Jackson. For many, the uprising wasn’t a shock, but a predictable outcome that came from decades of oppression at the hands of the Los Angeles Police Department, the justice department, and the United States government. ![]() As more knowledgeable historians and sociologists than myself have written, the Rodney King verdict was just the flash point of a fury that had been building in L.A. The riots that erupted soon afterwards rocked Los Angeles for nearly a week, eventually ending when the National Guard was deployed. On April 29, 1992, the four police officers on trial for the beating of black motorist Rodney King were found not guilty of the assault by an all-white jury. ![]() Happy 25th Anniversary to Ice Cube’s third studio album The Predator, originally released November 17, 1992.Ībout halfway between Octoand November 17, 1992, the city of Los Angeles exploded. ![]()
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