If you're not familiar with hip hop artists SKEME, you will soon. Dubbed one of Complex Magazine's Top 10 LA Rappers to watch, Skeme currently has three mixtapes making the rounds on the interwebs and is set to perform this July at LACMA's Series: Through The Mic. To download Before the Next Statement click here. Follow his daily exploits on his Twitter page @Skeme and keep up with tour dates at SkemeTheDuke.com.
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Los Lobos, Keyshia Cole, DJ Quik, Kurupt, The Paranoias, Jungle Fire, and Delfonics are among the many artists you can catch for free in L.A. this summer, if you know where to look. Just don't look at that Rivers Cuomo too closely.
Take it from a California-raised food writer who did ten years in NYC, these slices slaughter the competition like a sai to Shredder's face.
Many Latino families inherited the same lesson generation after generation: When society views you as foreign, proving your Americanness can become its own form of survival.
Speaking of children, Jacob Soboroff reports that ICE is holding an average of at least 25 children a day who are three or under. There have been at least 500 babies and toddlers who have spent significant time in ICE detention.
