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N.W.A (an abbreviation for Niggaz Wit Attitudes, [5] [6] eye dialect for Niggas With Attitudes) was an American hip hop group formed in Compton, California.Among the earliest and most significant figures of the gangsta rap subgenre, the group is widely considered one of the greatest and most influential acts in hip hop music.
O'Shea Jackson Sr. (born June 15, 1969), known as Ice Cube, is an American rapper, songwriter, actor, and film producer.His lyrics on N.W.A's 1988 album Straight Outta Compton contributed to gangsta rap's widespread popularity, [3] [4] [5] and his political rap solo albums AmeriKKKa's Most Wanted (1990), Death Certificate (1991), and The Predator (1992) were all critically and commercially ...
Straight Outta Compton is a 2015 American epic biographical drama film that depicts the rise and fall of the hip hop group N.W.A under the management of Jerry Heller.It was directed by F. Gary Gray from a screenplay written by Jonathan Herman and Andrea Berloff based on a story written by Berloff and executive producers S. Leigh Savidge and Alan Wenkus.
The soundtrack debuted at number 39 on the US Billboard 200, for the week ending January 30, 2016.The album debuted at number-one on the Top Rap Albums chart. [3] In the second week, the album peaked at number one on the Billboard 's Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums, selling 12,000 units in the second chart week.
For most of the 1980s, New York City, the birthplace of hip-hop, [18] remained the rap genre's dominant scene. [19] Los Angeles County was secondary. [20] Until 1988, the Los Angeles hip-hop scene, retaining more of hip-hop's dance and party origin, prioritized DJs and DJ crews as the central players in hip-hop; [21] the prevailing style at the time was electro rap and "funk hop", [22] similar ...
Ice Cube; O'Shea Jackson Jr. O'Shea Jackson Jr. looks so much like his father, his breakout role was playing the legendary rapper in the NWA biopic Straight Outta Compton.
Formed in 1986, the group went through a number of lineup changes, and throughout its tenure featured members Eazy-E, Dr. Dre, DJ Yella, Ice Cube, Arabian Prince and MC Ren. The first release by N.W.A was the single " Panic Zone " in 1987, which was later featured on the compilation N.W.A. and the Posse along with B-sides "Dope Man" and "8 Ball ...
I remember one time Ice Cube came in. He had just left NWA, the Boys in the Hood movie was premiering, and he was in here signing autographs and there was a line around the corner. And of course ...