The three were honored Saturday, along with DJ Kool Herc, Peter Asher, the late Donna Summer and Tammy Wynette, and others at the Recording Academy's Special Merit Awards, a prelude to today's Grammy Awards telecast
The California Legislative Black Caucus (CLBC) and the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) celebrated the 5oth anniversary of hip hop on Aug. 14, with a tribute to the West Coast pioneers, leaders and innovators who shaped the genre. The Bring the Peace Movement organized the rally and ceremony where speakers paid homage to the honorees. | By Antonio Ray Harvey California Black Media The California Legislative Black Caucus (CLBC) and the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) celebrated the 5oth anniversary of hip hop on Aug. 14, with a tribute to the West Coast pioneers, leaders and innovators who shaped the genre. The Bring the Peace Movement organized the rally and
By Antonio Ray Harvey | California Black Media - The California Legislative Black Caucus (CLBC) and the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) celebrated the 50th anniversary of hip hop on Aug. 14, with a tribute to the West Coast pioneers, leaders and innovators who shaped the genre.
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N.W.A, in full Niggaz Wit Attitudes, American hip-hop group from Compton, California, whose popular, controversial music included explicit references to gang life, drugs, sex, and distaste for authority, especially the police. Its five core members were Eazy-E (byname of Eric Wright; b. September 7, 1964, Compton, California, U.S. d. March 26, 1995, Los Angeles), Dr. Dre (byname of Andre Young; b. February 18, 1965, Compton, California), Ice Cube (byname of O’Shea Jackson; b. June 15, 1969, Los Angeles, California), MC Ren (byname of Lorenzo Patterson; b. June 14, 1969, Compton, California), and DJ Yella (byname of Antoine Carraby; b. December 11,