going to be rap music, gangsta rap music, whatever. nwa was always too hot to hold. it had to splinter. and the first person who walks away is ice cube. tried to kill me same reason ice cube left the group is the reason i left. you know, tired of making other people money. it s my turn. tonight s the night i get in some deep cover on the incognito tip suge knight, who wasn t a real gangster, got into cahoots with dr. dre and said, dre, we should start our own record label, which became death row records. knight, 6 3 , 330-pound former bodyguard has become one of the most feared men in the music business. you got dr. dre, who probably makes beats better than everybody. this guy delivers a hit. dre put out his first solo album the chronic. not only do you get dre but then you also get snoop dogg. one, two, three and to the four snoop doggy dog and dr. dre is
when tupac and biggie were assassinated, it was a watershed moment i think in hip-hop culture. kind of the death of a revolution. these two men were two of the most successful rap artists in the industry. phenomenally wealthy. why are we seeing this happen? well, both biggie smalls and tupac had talked of trying to break out of that violence, but many say they were trapped in the world they created. they were forced to, in a word, as they say, to keep it real, and that s a sad commentary. i remember seeing news reports about how violent it was, i remember seeing editorials, how can we let our children listen to this when these artists are being killed at an incredible rate? and i thought rap was going to end. at least one radio station here in los angeles which has made a lot of money from gangsta rap music has stopped playing it. we lost two of the greatest artists in hip-hop history. that vacuum was there for a while. it was just like, okay, what are we going to do? see
assassinated, it was a watershed moment i think in hip-hop culture. kind of the death of a revolution. these two men were two of the most successful rap artists in the industry. phenomenally wealthy. why are we seeing this happen? well, both biggie smalls and tupac had talked of trying to break out of that violence, but many say they were trapped in the world they created. they were forced to, in a word, as they say, to keep it real, and that s a sad commentary. i remember seeing news reports about how violent it was, i remember seeing editorials about how can we let our children listen to this when these artists are being killed at an incredible rate? and i thought rap was going to end. at least one radio station here in los angeles which has made a lot of money from gangsta rap music has stopped playing it. we lost two of the greatest artists in hip-hop history. that vacuum was there for a while. it was just like, okay, what are we going to do? seems like yesterday we use
most in your face of the gangsta-style rappers. one song blasts the police in the most obscene terms. renn and ice cube, they write the rap, right? me and my boy yella get together and hook up a good beat we feel will go good with the rap and there it is. platinum records. nwa at that point is the biggest hip-hop band there is. first time i heard nwa i was like that ice guy is all right but the rest of this is garbage. that was pretty much the attitude initially of most people who were part of the hip-hop world. nwa ain t shit to me dre step to the dog and get [ bleep ] up the east coast kind of felt like, well, we invented hip-hop, you re not going to come in as the new kid and decide this is the thing like the east coast is the home of hip-hop and we re all going to have a say in where hip-hop goes. mad thinking about stomping i m from the south bronx [ bleep ] compton you going to continue making a lot of money off this? long as it s violence it s going to
when tupac and biggie were assassinated, it was a watershed moment i think in hip-hop culture. kind of the death of a revolution. these two men were two of the most successful rap artists in the industry. phenomenally wealthy. why are we seeing this happen? well, both biggie smalls and tupac had talked of trying to break out of that violence, but many say they were trapped in the world they created. they were forced to, in a word, as they say, to keep it real, and that s a sad commentary. i remember seeing news reports about how violent it was. i remember seeing editorials about how can we let our children listen to this when these artists are being killed at an incredible rate? and i thought rap was going to end. at least one radio station here in los angeles which has made a lot of money from gangsta rap music has stopped playing it. we lost two of the greatest artists in hip-hop history. that vacuum was there for a while. it was just like, okay, what are we going to do?