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Publisher
Entertainment One Music
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
This inclusive documentary takes a unique look at the most influential West Coast rap group in history and inventors of gangster rap: NWA. Documented through never-before-seen candid interviews, personal photos, and touching stories, giving insight into the real men behind the records.
Author
Publisher
Atria Books
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Description
"Eazy-E, Dr. Dre, Ice Cube, MC Ren, and DJ Yella caused a seismic shift in hip-hop when they decided to form N.W.A in 1986. Suddenly rap became gangsta and relevant on the West Coast. With their hard-core image, bombastic sound, and lyrics that were by turns poetic, lascivious, socially conscious, and downright in-your-face, N.W.A spoke the truth about life on the streets of Compton, California--at the time a hotbed of poverty, drugs, gangs, and unemployment....