LOS ANGELES — Rapper Glasses Malone is a regular at the South L.A. Roscoe's House of Chicken & Waffles where fellow artist PnB Rock was shot and killed last month.
"I've been going there my whole life. I've probably eaten there 200 times," said Malone, a 42-year-old "proud Crip member" and collaborator with Kendrick Lamar, Lil Wayne and Ty Dolla Sign who grew up in nearby Watts and Compton.
PnB Rock's killing, during a robbery of the rapper's diamond-studded necklace and other jewelry, was difficult news for Malone to hear. But it wasn't surprising.