Per capita, is there another town that has produced as many famous ppl as:

[Vandelay]

It can’t be LA. The city of Compton has LA beat (per capita) by a landslide.

LA has almost 4 million people and most people we know don’t actually be from LA.

Charge it to me not knowing Compton isn't LA. Per capita...Memphis, Nashville, Kingston, London, Atlanta???

 

[Trojan 24]

Ehh half of these actors be from the Valley and shyt, look up Taft alumni

 

[richaveli83]

New York City

 

[Black Hans]

Been saying this for a few years now. Had me like

 

[CashmereThoughts]

Charge it to me not knowing Compton isn't LA. Per capita...Memphis, Nashville, Kingston, London, Atlanta???

I’m going with

Compton (population 70k) Dr Dre, quik, MC Eight, the game, eazy, Kendrick, Suge, Coolio, Anthony Anderson

Mount Vernon (population 70k): Denzel Washington Puffy, dikk Clark, DMX, Heavy D, Pete rock, Al B sure

Since it’s per capita larger size cities can’t compete

New York City

Population 8M that’s the problem with per capita

 

[NotAnFBIagent]

It can’t be LA. The city of Compton has LA beat (per capita) by a landslide.

LA has almost 4 million people and most people we know don’t actually be from LA.

Charge it to me not knowing Compton isn't LA. Per capita...Memphis, Nashville, Kingston, London, Atlanta???

Today I learned Compton and Los Angeles are 2 separate cities in Los Angeles county

Always thought it was a neighborhood/district of Los Angeles

 

[CashmereThoughts]

Today I learned Compton and Los Angeles are 2 separate cities in Los Angeles county

Always thought it was a neighborhood/district of Los Angeles

It was a white far flung suburban before the highway system and proliferation of the automobile turned the greater LA area into the urban sprawl behemoth it is today.

 

[Braman]

Never knew this…

Bush's Compton Roots Raise Thorny Issue : Tribute: Some criticize landmark quest for apartment where President lived in 1949. Complex is now plagued by drugs.

When George and Barbara Bush lived in Santa Fe Gardens, the sprawling apartment complex in Compton provided clean, affordable housing within minutes of downtown Los Angeles and the Long Beach Harbor.

www.latimes.com

Man I love finding out stuff like this

The intro to Dr Dre’s album makes all the more sense now. I need to read up on it

 

[Vandelay]

Today I learned Compton and Los Angeles are 2 separate cities in Los Angeles county

Always thought it was a neighborhood/district of Los Angeles

Same.

I think the other thing to consider is how famous we talking? I was originally going to say YO/Mt. Vernon.

 

[Toe Jay Simpson]

Compton did its thing...but lowkey mt Vernon is 100x smaller and produced an incredible amount of legends.

 

[Neuromancer]

New York City
2 pac, Michael Jordan, Carmelo Anthony… the list goes on.

According to Google NYC has produced the most.

 

[ReturnOfJudah]

New Orleans

easily blows compton out the water

 

[get these nets]

Roosevelt, Long Island

Eddie Murphy, Public Enemy, Dr J are just some of the names

 

[UncleTomFord15]

Brownsville Brooklyn- Danny Jacobs
Mike Tyson
Riddikk Bowe
Shannon Briggs
Curtis Stevenson
Bruce Carrington
Zab Judah
Larry King
Al Sharpton
John Gotti (I think, back when it was white)

Only 3 square miles

 

[maxamusa]

Same.

I think the other thing to consider is how famous we talking? I was originally going to say YO/Mt. Vernon.

George Washington was from Mt.Vernon. case closed.