Section of the city of
Manchester, UK
South Central Manchester is Lancashire's answer to
South Central LA. But in a sort of crap, half-assed
British way. Where
Compton has
Crips and
Bloods,
Rusholme has
Bangladeshis and
Pakistanis. Where
Long Beach has
Crenshaw Boulevard, South Central Manchester has The
Curry Mile. And where South Central LA had the
Raiders,
Moss Side has
Manchester City FC.
The one respect in which the two areas are exactly the same is the proliferation of
wideboy wannabe gangstas cruising around in jacked-up cars (in Rusholme more likely a
Vauxhall Corsa with a spoiler and
wack-ass alloys) with the windows down,
hollering at the
honeys and bumping
West Coast Gangsta Rap at high volume. The difference is that Compton is full of black guys with
Uzis in the glovebox, while Rusholme is full of Asian
Ali Gs with air pistols or
Super Soakers.
However, living in South Central Manchester is a
badge of respect. We
keep it real up in this
biznitch, y'all! Keep on reprazentin' fo' tha true
Longsight playaz,
G.
Or not.