Of course, Kendrick Lamar was the one who gave them their proper due. N.W.A was inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame last night, with the fellow Compton rapper delivering a poignant speech honoring the world’s most dangerous group.
As investigators are still looking into the exact cause of former N.W.A manager Jerry Heller’s death, his lawyer is naming the movie Straight Outta Compton as a prime suspect.
Dr. Dre wants no parts of the Michel’le biopic, and doesn’t want it to be seen by anyone else if it shows him beating a woman. The N.W.A founder has threatened Sony with a lawsuit if it releases, Surviving Compton: Dre, Suge & Michel’le, which often depicts him assaulting the R&B singer.
Jay Z dropped/shared a new TIDAL playlist that will have old-school/classic Hip-Hop music fans nodding along in appreciation. Titled “Brick Phone,” Hova compiled classics fro Big Daddy Kane, Boogie Down Productions, Slick Rick, The D.O.C., Ice Cube and more.
This spring, N.W.A will receive a Rock and Roll Hall of Fame induction by an artist seen as an extensions of the movement started by the World’s Most Dangerous Rap Group. Compton’s own Kendrick Lamar has been tapped to lead N.W.A’s induction ceremony ceremony at Brooklyn’s Barclay’s Arena April 8.
A DJ was fined for playing N.W.A’s “F*ck the Police,” as cops attempted to clear a bar in Westfield, MS. The incident occurred last October, but 25-year-old DJ Boogy was prosecuted for disorderly conduct last week.
There are a billion reasons Dr. Dre is the last Black man that should be placed in handcuffs, but it still happened. As many expect considering the suspect details, the Compton rapper/producer and Beats By Dre founder will not be facing any gun charges.
On his song “Twist My Fingaz” from his new album Still Brazy, YG boasts that he’s “the only one to make it out the West without Dre.” He’s very wrong.
The 90’s Hip-Hop reunion tour of 2016 continue. After going their separate ways and seeing their respective careers go in opposite directions, Dr. Dre and his former producing protégé Scott Storch have once again crossed paths and seem to be cooking up something in the studio.
Ice Cube, the man who once recorded a song called “Burn Hollywood Burn,” is set to receive a star on the Hollywood Walk Of Fame.
Michel’le is following in Whitney Houston, Aaliyah and Toni Braxton’s footsteps and bringing her story to the Lifetime channel.
DJ Quik created quite a firestorm in the media this week when he spoke up and offered his honest opinion about Kanye West’s new album The Life of Pablo and West’s recent musical output period.
