When London photographer Normski Anderson visited Los Angeles to shoot life in gangland, and a performance by gangsta rapper Ice-T, he borrowed a great vintage car from a friend in Malibu.

“It just so happened to be an old 1960s gold Cadillac, with a wonderful cream and velour interior…. I don’t realize it’s a gangbangers’ car.”

He tears down the freeway late at night, eager to get home, and accidentally exits into some dicey neighborhood.

“It’s completely dark everywhere; I can just about see movement in the shadows.”

Relieved to spot an LAPD car, he leans on his horn.

The cops jump out and run over to him, waving big guns.

“Is this your vehicle?”

“No, it’s not.”

“Whose is it?”

He explains.

“See those guys over there?”

And I see like a patch of black guys, hard core gang members.

“Those guys are about ready to kill you for your car. This is a carjacking, gangbanging car. That is the prize car. And you will die in this vehicle if you carry on driving in this area.”

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