Wendy Park's solo exhibition "Of Our Own" at VSF OC paints life at the Compton Fashion Center swap meet in the 1980's and ...

How NWA, Tupac, And Kendrick Lamar Made The Compton Swap Meet A West Coast Rap Historical Landmark. by: Fidel Martinez May 30, 2017. Getty Image.

Then in 1985, a few Korean swap-meet vendors leased an empty Sears building in Compton, partitioned it, and renamed it Compton Fashion Center — thus inventing the indoor swap meet in Southern ...

The Compton Swap Meet, officially known as the Compton Fashion Centre, was the ultimate thrift destination. It had been a local favourite for Compton residents since it opened in 1985, ...

Kim sold some of the earliest work of DJ Quik, Dr. Dre and Eazy-E in the mid-1980s, when few knew them and fewer stores would sell their music. Gangsta Rap Swap Meet Proprietor Wan Joon Kim Has ...

Kendrick Lamar: “Inspiration is not hard to grasp when you’re living.” “It was right before died – I was 8 at the time,” says Kendrick Lamar, recalling his first brush with Dr. Dre ...

When the ragged, faded tennis courts needed to be fixed, Compton turned to one thing that the city has a bounty of: celebrities.One of Serena Williams’ corporate sponsors opened up its w… ...

The store is inside of the Compton Swap meet and is full of goodies for your Bully, from food to collars to Bully DVDs. If your Bully needs it, they have it. Check them out at 2100 Long Beach Blvd ...

It's better known as the Compton Swap Meet, a popular flea market that was once the busiest gathering place in the city. "Back in the day," Sababu says, "if you were an up-and-coming artist, ...

But there's another, lesser-known name that nevertheless played a big role in the early years of L.A. rap. Wan Joon Kim opened a swap meet stall in the now-famous suburb of Compton in the mid-1980s.

Yesterday (March 26), the Compton rapper shot the video for “King Kunta” off his critically acclaimed and no. 1 album To Pimp A Butterfly. It went down at the Compton Fashion Center aka The ...