Dr. Dre

It was 8:00 in the morning in Poopopilis Pooptown. Birds were singing and kids were playing hop scotch before the last day of school. “Goobly-goo!” Yelled Kroshawn, “I’m going to be late on the last day of school!” Kroshawn is a junior at Pooptown High School. He is hoping to have a great college education when he graduates from High School, while trying to make friends in life. As he prepares for school, his mother makes him toast with butter for the go so he won’t be late. Kroshawn woke up and

groups to ever be in the music industry. Coming out of a tough city like Compton, California, the group used their music to express what they felt, to vent and expected changes to be made from their performances. Eric Wright (Eazy E), Andre Young (Dr Dre), Oshea Jackson (Ice Cube), Lorenzo Patterson (MC Ren), Antoine Carraby (DJ Yella), and Tracy Curry (The D.O.C) all came together in 1986 to become a part of this game changing group, with the exception to MC Ren, who joined two years later in 1988

Yella, Dr. Dre, Eazy-E, and Ice Cube. MC Ren joined in 1988, with

whole country aware of what went on in neighborhoods of lesser fortune. Their music sent shockwaves across the country, so large that the F.B.I. was in contact with the infamous group. The three main players of the group were its founder Eazy-E, Dr. Dre, and Ice Cube. N.W.A., often considered the God Father’s of rap and hip hop music, were often at the center of much controversy, they completely changed the landscape of America. They are responsible for artist that we have today as well, such as

Eminem’s new best friend became Andre Romelle Young. Andre is known as Dr. Dre. Eminem met Dr. Dre in 1997. They met because Eminem was in “The Wake Up Show”. It’s an old radio station. Eminem was on the radio station because he was freestyling. Dr. Dre was impressed with Eminem’s freestyling. Dr. Dre signed him to his record label AfterMath Entertainments. 149

did things for N.W.A. (Tha Biography of Tha E) Ice Cube left to pursue a solo career (Ice Cube- Westside Times) and after him Dr. Dre left to start Death Row Records with Marion "Suge" Knight in 1992. (The Untouchable Death Row Records)      From the beginning Death Row Records was like a family, according to Dr. Dre. With acts like Dr. Dre, Snoop Doggy Dogg, Tha Dogg Pound, and Warren G, Death Row Page 3 was a dominant force in rap music. Suge Knight, a former college

(Friday, Be Cool), the N.W.A bio-pic, Straight Outta Compton, stars O’Shae Jackson, Jr. as Ice Cube, Corey Hawkins as Dr. Dre, and Jason Mitchell as Eazy E – the three most prominent members of N.W.A. The film depicts the early days of the group’s foundation, including instances where Ice Cube and Dr. Dre unleash their talents on stage for the first time, along with the moment when Dr. Dre convinces a reluctant Eazy E to step into the recording booth, himself. After the group’s first track heats-up on

N.W.A. influenced and started the career’s of many hip hop artist. N.W.A. as a whole broke down the social barriers with their lyrics and the message behind each and every song. N.W.A. represented a new age to music doing what had never been done before. Stretching the limits and having to overcome controversy along the way. Starting from a run down city near Las Angeles, California to touring across the nation constantly making one hit song after another. N.W.A. inspired many kids, teenagers

week, regarding the release of Dr. Dre’s new, long-awaited album, Compton. Dre will be donating every single cent of the royalties he makes off of his new album to help fund a performing arts center in Compton, California Already, Dr. Dre’s newest album has been garnering a lot of attention, seeing as the artist and producer has only released two albums since the disbanding of N.W.A in the 1990s. Compton will Dre’s first album in sixteen years. According to Dre, however, the plan to donate his

NWA played a big part in the evolution of hip-hop culture in the late 80s and early 90s, they were the first gangsta rap group to become mainstream in the music industry. Eazy E, Dr. Dre, Ice Cube, MC Ren, and Dj Yella were the original members. Straight Outta Compton chronicles the creation, rise and fall of the iconic rap group NWA along with the social unrest occurring during this era. The film gleemed its name from the group’s first album, Straight Outta Compton released in 1988. The controversial