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‘Straight Outta Compton’ Opens Friday; Rap Groups A Thing Of The Past
Warren G Talks About Working With Dr. Dre
West Coast Hip Hop legend Warren G has had a big cou- ple of weeks. The Long Beach native released his 6-track Reg- ulate... G Funk Era, Pt. II EP, and he is being portrayed by Sheldon A. Smith in the N.W.A biopic Straight Outta Compton which hits theaters on Friday.
In an interview with Bill- board, Warren G shared his thoughts on an important scene in F. Gary Gray’s film. “We was hungry. Me, Snoop and Nate. We was hungry and wanted to do music. And Dre
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gave us that opportunity and opened the door for us. We just been doing it ever since.”
Nate Dogg’s Son Dismissed From Univ. Of Washington’s Football Team
In O’Shea Jackson’s teenage dreams of hip-hop stardom, he was never alone. When he wrote rhymes at Taft High School, a 90-minute bus ride from his home in Comp- ton, Calif., he imagined him- self in Run-D.M.C., EPMD or Public Enemy. “I knew if I ever started really rapping, then I would want a crew around,” says Mr. Jackson, better known as Ice Cube, the actor who first became fa- mous as a member of the hip- hop group N.W.A. “My favorite artists were in groups.”
N.W.A., the West Coast gangsta-rap pioneers who are the subject of the new biopic “Straight Outta Compton,” took off at a time when hip- hop solo stars, with exceptions such as LL Cool J, Big Daddy Kane and Ice-T, were scarce. The group’s chemistry and camaraderie were important.
“Everybody would kind of
Corey Hawkins as Dr. Dre, left, and O’Shea Jackson Jr. (Ice Cube’s son) as Ice Cube in ‘Straight Outta Compton.
Nate Dogg's son Naijiel Hale was dismissed from the University of Washington foot- ball team Friday (August 7) for disciplinary reasons, The Seat- tle Times reports.
"Naijiel’s been dismissed from our program,” head coach Chris Petersen said in a press conference. “We need to move forward. Wish Naijiel the best."
Hale played the entire sea- son at cornerback for the Washington Huskies football team last season. The sopho-
more says will be playing for another team next year. Nate Dogg, born Nathaniel Hale, died in 2011 from health com- plications due to a series of strokes.
The late singer rose to prominence in the early 1990s through his work with Dr. Dre, Snoop Dogg and others at Death Row Records. He ap- pears posthumously on War- ren G's Regulate...G-Funk Era Part II, which was released Thursday (August 6).
have a little corner in the stu- dio,” recalls DJ Yella of N.W.A. “We did songs so fast. It only took us six weeks for the first album. We clicked like a machine.” It wasn’t until 1989, when Ice Cube quit for a solo career, that he fully un- derstood the significance of the collective mentality. “I missed the group, mainly on stage,” he says. “I had to figure out how to generate that same energy by myself, and it’s
more work. You can’t have an off night.”
Over 25 years, though, the hip-hop group has become an endangered species, almost as rare as breakdancing and the word “wack.” Every rapper who topped Billboard’s R&B/Hip-hop album chart last year was a solo star; the only hip-hop groups who made this year’s Top 20 air- play chart in the same cate- gory were Rae Sremmurd (a duo) and Rich Gang.
Naijiel Hale played the entire season as a freshman. Nate Dogg died in 2011 after suffering a stroke.
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