Tomorrow, Jay Rock will be receiving the Key to Watts, the South Los Angeles neighborhood where he was born and raised. It’ll be presented by L.A. City Councilmember Joe Buscaino at the Nickerson Gardens Community Center. The rapper grew up in the Nickerson Gardens projects where he released mixtapes before signing to TDE.
“WHen u stay down tHis type of sHit Happens,” labelmate Schoolboy Q said in a congratulatory Instagram post. The ceremony will take place at 10 a.m. Pacific at the Recreation Center Basketball Courts.
At this year’s Grammys, Jay Rock’s 2018 Redemption track “Win” and his Black Panther collaboration “King’s Dead” were nominated for awards. The latter took home Best Rap Performance.
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