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THEY PISSED OFF THE FBI AND DELIVERED THEIR RAW TRUTH WITH
DOPE BEATS, GRAPHIC STREET NARRATIVES AND A MIDDLE FINGER TO
THE PO PO. TWENTY FIVE YEARS LATER WE TAKE A LOOK AT GANGSTA
RAP'S MOST DANGEROUS AND INFLUENTIAL GROUP EVER.
BY MARGENA A. CHRISTIAN
94_JUNE 2011.EB0NY
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OPENING 8PREAD: Arabian Prince, DJ Yella, MC Ren, Dr. Dra, Ice Cube and
Eazy-Epause In their heyday; Ice Cube and Eazy-Bperform in 1989 at the
opening of the Straight Outta Compton Tour. ABOVE: Dr. Dre, MC Ren, Eazy-E
and DJ Yella In 1986.
"THIS DUDE INTERVIEWED US IN EAZY E'S MAMA'S BACKYARD. THIS WHITE OAT WAS
SO NERVOUS, HE AOTUALLY FELL BACKWARD IN HIS OHAIR. ...HE LOOKED SO SOARED.
California, Berkeley's, radio station, who conducted early interviews with the group. "N.W.A. was giving voice to the secondlargest city and an entire coast that was being dismissed. Most
people thought California was sunshine and palm trees. N.W.A.
gave you the other side. It wasn't all fun and games out there.
And not only could they flow, they had good production and the
same grittiness as New York."
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