![]() How did N.W.A change the history of music? Dre:When I saw Axl Rose wearing an N.W.A cap in one of his videos! So bear with me … When did you first know you were more than local stars?ĭr. The conversation ranges from early days in the studio with Eazy-E, the eternal “bullshit” of the music business and how N.W.A made South Park (and much more) possible. It’s appropriate that the main figure pushing hip-hop forward today would be present to see the members of N.W.A reunited and talking, as Dre says, “like we just saw each other yesterday.” Tucked into the conference room with Dre, Cube, Ren and Yella, Lamar speaks so softly that the men must lean in to hear him. ![]() In 2011, Dre designated Lamar “the new king of the West Coast.” The rapper infuses the politics of N.W.A with an analysis of his own emotional conflicts as a black artist seeking to maintain sanity in 21st century America. ![]() Ice Cube Remembers Eazy-E on 20th Anniversary of N.W.A Partner’s Death The five former members were on the verge of reconciliation when Eazy-E died of AIDS. (On Aug. 7, he released Compton - an album inspired by the new movie, featuring guests including Cube, Lamar and many others.) Yella, 47, is making beats again after 12 years as a porn producer, and Ren, 46, has continued as a solo act (Cube joined him on a track in 2014). Now, of course, he’s one of music’s richest moguls, after selling Beats, the headphone and streaming company he co-founded, to Apple in 2014. ![]() N.W.A fully dissolved when Dre left to start Death Row Records with Suge Knight, and sold, according to Nielsen Music, 5.7 million copies of his 1992 G-funk classic The Chronic. Ice Cube Calls N.W.A. Biopic ‘Straight Outta Compton’ a ‘Real Superhero’ Movieīy the end of 1989, Cube had split from N.W.A over Eazy-E and manager Jerry Heller’s hoarding of the group’s earnings, setting off a conflict that climaxed with his famously obscene 1991 diss track “No Vaseline.” That year he also launched his acting career with Boyz N the Hood today he’s a leading Hollywood star ( 22 Jump Street) and producer ( Friday, Ride Along, in which he also starred). ![]()
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