The person I interviewed for this proposal was my Uncle Kofi Bempah. Kofi was born on 1969 and he is 45 years old. I interviewed my uncle via email, as by phone could not be reached because he was out of the country in Germany. The interview year was in 1991 and he was 22 years old at the time that these life-changing events took place. While talking to my uncle through via email, I asked what three popular movies he liked in the 90's were and his responses were "Boyz In Da Hood," "New Jack City" and "Straight Out of Brooklyn."  The three urban issues my uncle noticed in the 1990's were gang violence, racism and crime specifically the crack epidemic. Kofi thinks that these urban issues had the greatest impact out of all the things he witnessed during his time. Racism was a huge thing back in his day, but he does not think racisms are as huge of issue in today's world because many people are growing from it and there will more interracial people later in life. While speaking to my uncle he noticed another issue with racism especially in media for example, many African Americans were pressured into playing roles of thugs while Caucasians played many prominent roles like doctors. Another thing that was an issue in his day was gang violence. He mentioned to me that in 1991 police officers beat Rodney King severely. Kofi thinks gangs played a role in his generation, because he told me many of his friends joined a gang because of the unity and the connections. In 1991 there were many gangs terrorizing innocent people, which led to a bad influence on the youth as they viewed gangs were the only legitimate way of making money and establishing power. Lastly, in his generation there was a crack epidemic, which was a major factor in crime in many cities. A great example is how DC was at one point the murder capital with the introduction of crack. Watching New Jack in City, it portrays how drugs ruined many people lives because people became