Admit it, the first image that pops into your brain when you hear the word “Compton” is of Ice Cube walking down the street, spitting bars and introducing the world to both N.W.A. and their hometown just south of downtown Los Angeles. N.W.A. may have brought fame to the town of roughly 100,000 residents, but the stigmatization of gangsta rap by the mainstream during the late ’80s also made Compton infamous overnight. Randy Savvy and the Compton Cowboys are doing everything they can to lift up their beloved community while shattering the stereotypes that have been associated with it.
Every time the Compton Cowboys mount up and take their steeds out onto the streets of Compton, people can’t help but stare. “They still trip out,” Savvy explains. “But they trip out in
