As clouds formed over First AME Church in the West Adams neighborhood on Saturday, nearly 2,000 mourners gathered to remember Terry Carter, the man police say was killed when a pickup driven by rap music mogul Marion “Suge” Knight ran over him and another man on Jan. 29.
Carter, 55, was a businessman who built classic lowriders and started a record label with rapper Ice Cube. His funeral was a loud, grand ceremony that Duane Moody, one of the organizers, called Carter’s “scholarship to the University of Heaven.”
Mourners began to congregate about an hour before the service, leaning into handshakes and exchanging cheek-bump kisses around crisp cocked hats. Roaring Harley Davidson motorcycles set off a car alarm down the street, and a bright blue Chevrolet Bel Air cruised in a circle, blasting gospel music, in a tribute to Carter’s lifelong love of cars.
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