“Post-good kid, m.A.A.d city Compton is still gangsta, but reluctantly so. Excluding YG’s rambunctious yarns, the city has become a crucible for street proxies like Problem and Pharrell-mentee Buddy, observers adjacent to gangland culture who evade the battle instead of fighting it. Dreamville West rep Cozz is among the growing number of South Central rappers acting as hood emissaries—unaffiliated ”
