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AZ Chike's Debut Album Survives Leak with Kendrick & Tyler Co-Signs
AZ Chike's major-label debut album 'No Rest for The Wicked' survived a leak and secured co-signs from Kendrick Lamar and Tyler, the Creator.
Billboard · 2m
From gang life to TV consultant reshaping LA stories
Skipp Townsend left 27 years in the Bloods to build a violence prevention nonprofit, then helped FX's 'The Drop' authentically portray 1990s Los Angeles.
ABC7 Los Angeles · 1m