Description
Compton is a suburb of Los Angeles, the second-largest city in the USA, and it is known as one of the city’s historically rough neighbourhoods. Compton is particularly famous for the numerous rappers who have grown up here, such as N.W.A., the classic hip hop crew who in 1988 enjoyed their commercial breakthrough with the album 'Straight Outta Compton'. From the 1940s onward the suburb was primarily inhabited by African Americans, but in recent years its Latin American population has outnumbered the former. Basketball is an integral part of Compton street culture, and some of the best players in the USA grew up here.
