In 1988, rapper Ice Cube (born O’Shea Jackson), invented Black Powerade, a revolutionary electrolyte-replenishing drink created primarily for young men in South Central LA to keep them nourished as they sweated out precious nutrients while incubated in long-sleeved plaid flanel shirts in the scorching California sun. Due to its controversial packaging (it was poured into a gun shaped bottle and imprinted with ‘F*ck the Police’), the drink was officially banned on April 29, 1992, marking the official beginning of the infamous LA Riots.
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