'In the alternative histories that have always existed in South L.A., Nipsey was a superhero.' frankshyong's latest column:
He wants to emphasize the humanity of the people involved in gangs, in a narrative that often leaves it out. Hisargues that black gangs were a defensive reaction by a community facing hostile white neighbors, racist policing and policy.
McIntosh started his own website and began to make his own videos, driven by a powerful need to change himself and improve his community. Prison changed his priorities: He mourned the lost time with his three children, and his mother and sister, who died while he was incarcerated. McIntosh, who recently moved to Las Vegas to escape L.A.'s high rents, says he's both journalist and activist. Sometimes he avoids publishing hostile interviews that could spark violence and instead tries to make peace behind the scenes. He wants to find the truth, but it's more important to get the fighting to stop.
McIntosh wrote about Nipsey's music in the first issue of his magazine, All Hood Publications, in 2005 and put him on the cover in 2009. Even then, McIntosh said, Nipsey was particularly beloved because he never condemned his gang roots even as he transcended them. In an"I'm not a gangbanger, but I'm still Rollin' 60s. That's something you're never gonna put down," Nipsey said on 97.9 the Beat."If you put it down, it's like you were never a part of it.
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