1990: Compton's Most Wanted drops their debut album It's a Compton Thang on Orpheus/Epic. MC Eiht was a pivotal member of the group prior to his solo career. In the mid–1980's, he group was founded by ...

JARED BALL, PRODUCER, TRNN: Welcome everyone back to the Real News Network. I’m Jared Ball here in Baltimore. The new film from Comcast Universal Pictures, Straight Outta Compton, the biopic of the ...

DJ Mike T of legendary West Coast Hip-Hop group Compton’s Most Wanted died, marking the end of an era. DJ Mike T, a founding member and producer of the pioneering West Coast Hip-Hop group Compton’s ...

Released on January 30, 1996, Str8 Off Tha Streets of Muthaphukkin Compton marked the second and final solo album from Eazy E, arriving nearly a year after his passing and standing today as a powerful ...

Hip-hop has made an indelible mark on Hollywood. The cultural phenomenon, which turns 50 this month, has soundtracked some of the most beloved movies of the last half century, from sports dramas ...

On August 8, 1988, Ice Cube, MC Ren, DJ Yella, Eazy-E, and the legendary Dr. Dre, fresh from the World Class Wreckin’ Cru, unleashed their second N.W.A. project, Straight Outta Compton. Arriving on ...

Eazy-E occupies a significant space in Hip-Hop history considering his founding of the legendary group, N.W.A., and co-founding Ruthless Records which thrust the West Coast into the spotlight. Later ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Compton isn’t just a line in a bar or a movie title. The Los Angeles suburb had a major part in shaping how the world hears West ...

At once there is nothing unusual and something extraordinary about a group of cowboys hanging around a corral at the Stagecoach country music festival. They are the Compton Cowboys, a group of friends ...

It has been a good year for pop music on film, from the Brian Wilson biopic, “Love and Mercy,” to the celebration of retro hip-hop, “Dope.” The trend continues with the electric, if slightly ...

Fans and peers alike universally agree that Dr. Dre is the best Hip-Hop producer to ever do it. From his early beginnings as hands-on sound with N.W.A and Death Row Records to his subsequent maestro ...

Named for Eazy-E's 1987 song, "Boyz-N-the-Hood" tracks a young boy (Cuba Gooding Jr.) who is sent to live with his no-nonsense father (Laurence Fishburne) in South Central Los Angeles, where he's ...