A Fool and His Money are Soon Parted

Even after paying his lawyers, Rodney King still has some of the $3.8 million left from his civil judgement against the city of Los Angeles for the 1991 beating he got by city police officers. “We want to give a real positive boost to the rap market,” King said of his new venture, Straight Alta-Pazz Recording Co. The company has recorded an album for the group Stranded, California Grindin, and is now looking for a distributor. (AP) ...First I was beat up / now I’ll sing this song / Just to ask the burnin’ question / can’t we all just get along?