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N.W.A. fans are waiting anxiously for the release the hip-hop trio's biopic, Straight Outta Compton, which is due out in August. Dr. Dre spoke to DJ Big Boy recently, talking mostly about making the movie and former N.W.A. member Ice Cube and Eazy-E. The mogul also talked about recording some of Snoop Dogg's parts for The Chronic while the rapper was in prison. -
First Official N.W.A 'Straight Outta Compton' Trailer Surfaces: Dr. Dre and Ice Cube Introduce High-Energy Clip [WATCH]
The first full, official trailer for the highly anticipated N.W.A biopic "Straight Outta Compton" dropped recently, and it will have fans begging for more. Dr. Dre and Ice Cube introduce the film as something of a necessity nowadays with all the violence in black communities stemming from distrust of law enforcement. "The same thing that we was going through in the '80s with the police, people going through right now," Cube said as the pair rolled through Compton. "It's a good time for us to tell our story," Dre added. -
'Straight Outta Compton' Trailer Leaks Online After Ice Cube Premieres It In Australia [WATCH]
Straight Outta Compton, the new biopic about rap group N.W.A. will hit theaters this summer, but you can see a leak of the trailer now. Ice Cube, a founding member of the group and an executive producer on the film, recently debut the movie's first trailer during a gig in Australia. A fan happened to get it on video, and it's now surfaced on the web. -
8 Christmas Songs By Unexpected Artists: Pink Floyd, Kanye West, And More
Christmas music is typically the territory of Christian artists, country singers, or pop singers looking for a quick cash-in between proper studio albums (though that doesn't mean these cash-ins can't be great). However, there have been some strange cases where artists in other genres, such as rap, metal, and indie rock, have tried their hand at Christmas music as well. Here are eight Christmas songs or albums from unexpected artists. -
Bone Thugs-N-Harmony Announce Title Of Their $1 Million Album
Bone Thugs-N-Harmony have revealed the name of their pricey new album. What's the most you would pay for a one in a million classic album? Say, a million dollars? Well that's the asking price for Bone Thugs-N-Harmony's forthcoming album. -
Children of Eazy-E and Dr Dre looking to tour as Sons of NWA with DJ Yella
Twenty-three years after Dr Dre and Eazy-E's infamous feud broke up the rap group NWA, the children of the two rappers have united to form Sons of NWA (or NWA Resurrected) and hope to start touring in the U.K. this summer, NME reports. -
'Rock The Bells' Tour Cancelled Due to Poor Ticket Sales; Kendrick Lamar, J. Cole, A$AP Mob Couldn't Bring Fans
Concert organizers Guerrilla Union acknowledged Thursday that ticket sales for this year's "Rock The Bells" tour simply wasn't providing enough funding to keep the festival afloat, and that the remaining dates, including New York City and Washington D.C., would be cancelled. -
Eminem, Kanye West, N.W.A., Ice Cube Albums to Receive Remastered Rereleases on Universal Music
Universal Music Enterprises has announced a campaign titled "Respect The Classics" that will involve remastering and rereleasing seminal hip-hop albums. The series began this month with a number of West Coast reissues, including... -
Eazy-E of N.W.A. and Ol' Dirty Bastard of the Wu-Tang Clan to Appear at Rock The Bells Thanks to Hologram Technology
One of the highlights of this year's Rock The Bells Festival will undoubtedly be the hologram appearances of deceased hip-hop legends Ol' Dirty Bastard with the Wu-Tang Clan, and Eazy-E with Bone Thugs-N-Harmony. After the appearance of Tupac Shakur with Dr. Dre at Coachella in 2012, holograms have been all the rage in hip-hop, but few realize how much work goes into recreating a deceased star. For Eazy-E and ODB, it was a family affair.
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