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Welcome New Business Enterprises
Congratulations and welcome to Compton California, the ‘Hub City’ of the County of Los Angeles. Compton is proudly a multiracial, multicultural community of nearly 100,000 residents. We are greatly appreciative that you chose to locate in Compton and work alongside our increasing 5,000 champion business enterprises. Compton is in the midst of some exciting new development and infrastructure improvement projects. In support of business growth and success, we are committed to all business enterprises that operate in the City of Compton to foster a favorable economic environment that ensures prompt and courteous service by City employees. We deliver a variety…
Inside music mogul Russell Simmons’ plan to create a hip-hop video empire
Inside music mogul Russell Simmons' plan to create a hip-hop video empire Hip-hop mogul Russell Simmons, right, and Sanjay Sharma, president and CEO of Simmons' new company, All Def Digital, on the set of their original show "Arts+Raps" in the company's downtown Los Angeles office. (Jay L. Clendenin / Los Angeles Times) Ryan FaughnderContact Reporter It’s the lunch hour at Russell Simmons’ downtown Los Angeles office, and the hip-hop mogul’s scrappy video team is setting up cameras in their break room. Simmons’ squad of Internet personalities and producers clear away pizza boxes for their live Facebook shoot, in which they rib each other in a…
COMPTON – MY BROTHERS KEEPER
An empowering weekend that will inspire and motivate young men from Compton through a dynamic speakers series, workshops, mentorship, special guests, performances and once in a life time opportunities. Register Today: For Young Men - register here For Influential Men - register here Summary: On the two year anniversary of My Brother's Keeper, MBK Task Force Chair Broderick Johnson reflects on MBK's impact across the country and on the work still underway. President Barack Obama hugs a participant after signing a Presidential Memorandum establishing the My Brother's Keeper Task Force, during an event to highlight "My Brother's Keeper,"…
