It was big year for hip hop that put the west coast back on the map that culminated in the release of 3 albums from LA's Legends. We take a look at Ice Cube's Man Down, Snoop Dogg's Missionary and Kendrick Lamar's GNX.

This week Billy has a sit down with peer and good friend Dr. Guillermo Rodriguez about the work he's done with people overcoming addiction and integrating back into society after incarceration a path that he himself had to work thru and overcome.

This week we celebrate the Dodgers victory, talk about Puerto Rico and the Latino vote. Plus give our thoughts on the latest Joker movie.

This week we picked up where we left off talking about the impact of the strikes on Student Campuses, the presidential debates, and a few of our favorite musical artists.

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Timestamps

0:00 Intro

0:15 Aftermath of College Protests

5:11 Presidential Debate

11:56 Minimum Wage

17:10 Independent Voters

19:54 Death of Slim Shady

33:24 Linkin Park is Back

41:03 Apple Press Event

44:00 STID Plug

46:01 Wrapping Up

We have a sit down with former classmate and religious instructor Roberto Martinez about making the move from LA to New Jersey.

We continue our interview with Billy and dive into his work with prisoners and have discussions about mental health.

Donald takes a break from the hard hitting topics to celebrate Billy's new passion project, his new album Street Serenade.

The ICS boys are back again as our childhood friend Billy stops by to catch up and reminiscence

about our childhood.

In the debut episode of State of LA we cover Karen Bass' Mayoral Address to the city of Los Angeles and a preliminary overview of the canceled USC graduation ceremony for the class of 2024.