Ice Cube Explains Dr. Dre’s Absence As N.W.A. Accepts Lifetime Achievement Award Ice Cube and N.W.A received a lifetime achievement award before the Grammys. Cube, DJ Yella, and MC Ren were present for the award; the only person not in attendance was Dr. Dre. Cube addressed the crowd while accepting the award, saying, “My man, […]
The Eazy-E tribute that a British man petitioned for will happen after all — but it won’t be quite so grandiose. Guy Stevens had pushed to get a statue erected in the honor of the late N.W.A. rapper in his hometown of Newhaven, Sussex. At first, odds didn’t look good, considering there wasn’t a strong connection between the ‘90s gangster […]
If there was one thing that the N.W.A. biopic Straight Outta Compton was criticized for, it was for completely failing to address Dr. Dre’s troubling past in regards to violence against women. A new TV movie titled Surviving Compton: Dre, Suge & Michel’le attempts to correct that omission. The first trailer for the Lifetime movie about Michel’le and her relationships […]
When people with pasts as colorful as the members of N.W.A venture into autobiographical territory, they should be fully prepared for skeletons from their pasts…
The N.W.A biopic Straight Outta Compton shattered box office predictions, but unfortunately, news of its success wasn’t what was splashed across mainstream headlines. Media outlets were less…
As Eazy-E’s legacy begins to ignite, many fans have been reminded that the 31-year-old rapper died in 1995 due to complications from AIDS. As it’s…
Straight Outta Compton made history at the box office this weekend. The N.W.A. biopic took in $56.1 million, and had the biggest August opening weekend…
We caught up with the cast of N.W.A, during their NYC promo tour, and picked their brains about the racist casting call that left Black women, everything, offended.
