According to TMZ, Rodney King’s body was found by his fiancĂ© this morning at the bottom of their pool in their Rialto home in California. He was 47.
King is well known for his 1992 beating by LAPD which sparked the L.A. Riots after the officers responsible were acquitted. Last month, VH1 documented the story’s influence in Hip-Hop.
Sidebar: Rodney King’s Power 99 Interview
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Fuck Harvey Levin and anybody that loves his celebrity news website. First you prematurely pronounce the impending death of Lil Wayne (Weezy Forgives. We Don't.) and then you try to link the horrific actions of one of the Boston Marathon culprits to our culture? "DEAD BOMBING SUSPECT: HEAVY INTO HIP HOP" You don't say? It's 2013 and most kids are into rap music. We've been penetrated pop culture, you cock suckers. "What's interesting... hip-hop lyrics are notoriously violent and often degrading to women." So our music is at fault in this tragedy? Let's be clear the only bombs my culture cosigns is DJ Funkmaster Flex's sound effects. Thirty Mile Zone is prone to post anything to get traffic. Fuck dude and his coffee cup. Get you a Rap Radar cup and drink with us in the winner's circle.
Oh Miguel. Leg droppin your fans? You ain't Hulk Hogan and that wasn't part of the program. That's no way to treat the adoring ladies, brother.
By his fiance at the bottom of the pool…they both drowned? Kinda strange. R.I.P.
Damn…I wonder if he committed suicide. Dude did have some serious trauma after the beating. RIP
Damn…R.I.P to that man. Smh.
@steve you idiot. becuase in order to find someone at the bottom of a pool you have to be in the water too??? dummy.
Hopefully he’s at peace. He did have some problems after that incident. you right @munie
wow that is fucked up..RIP Rodney King..
RIP Rodney King.
Thats fucked up… Trayvon martin prolly wouldn’t have got national attention if it wasn’t for Rodney King. R.I.P
thats never a good way to go out. RIP.
Who?
I live in Rialto.
Rodney King had a pool? thats dope!!!
Time to watch American History X…
R.I.P.
i smell a bloody murder… that’s strange indeed!
check the body for fingerprints… his fiancĂ© maybe trying to get paid
R.I.P
@xxbomberxx first thing that I thought when I read this
Those riots should have never happened… ya the cops shouldn’t have beat him up for as long as they did but they started beating him cuz the fucker kept getting up and running after them lol… I think he was on drugs so the stun gun didnt do shit to him… idk watch the video on youtube…. RIP to the man though drowning is not a fun way to go.
^^ there was a series a police brutality cases …this one happened to be filmed
just a tip of the iceberg
martyr. who knows how many ppl he saved because of the awareness that he brought upon police brutality. i witnessed the riots at 6 years old. im glad it happened. his death is kinda a big deal to ppl from los angeles. may his soul finally rest in peace.
Sad.He ain’t been looking healthy lately.Wonder what happened?Probably got drunk and drowned.Alcohol and water don’t mix
Rip Rodney King
R.I.P Rodney King
Damn… R.I.P.
Hope drugs didn’t play a role because he was doing good on Dr Drew
Loch121
water and alcohol do mix, takes the edge of some whiskey
CUZ OF RODNEY KING I GOT TO WHOOP THE SHIT OUT OF A WHITE BOY ON “CRACKER DAY” AT MY HIGH SCHOOL!!!! THANKS RODNEY!!!!
……….HA!!!! R.I.P. RODNEY KING!!!!
DON’T HATE ON MY OPINION!!!!
RIP RODNEY YOU WERE NO MARTIN LUTHER KING BUT YOU SPARKED A REVOLUTION A SLOW ONE BUT YOU DID IT