So he'll cease to be a problem, and by the way the perform It seems the Klan gave the white police another uniform And yo the black police, the house niggaz They gave you a motherfucking gun, so I guess you figure you made out, good to go, but you didn't know They would stick...
Considered one of the pioneers of gangsta rap, N.W.A's hard-hitting sound and lyrics jolted the music industry, all the while selling millions of records. The group's second album, Straight Outta Compton (1988) rocketed the young men to fame. Anchored by the controversial hit "F*** th...
rest of the crew to play “Fuck Tha Police” in Detroit after a police warning resulting in their arrest. But this emphasis also amounts to a revisionist history of the group’s timeline, leaving out the prominent, complicated issue of N.W.A.’s violent misogyny. Their lyrics made it cl...
N.W.A became hip-hop pioneers, speaking to issues facing young, black men in their Los Angeles community, including strained relationships with the police. Those provocative lyrics received so much attention and controversy, the FBI sent a warning letter to the group's record label. "But, ...