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Of the 80s and much more into reality rap and street rap. ♪ the police coming straight from the underground ♪ ♪ young got it bad because im brown ♪ >> the group nwa is the harshest 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 bigges...

Political raps of public enemy of the 80s and much more into reality rap and street rap. ♪ the police coming straight from the underground ♪ ♪ young got it bad because im brown ♪ >> the group nwa is the harshest 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. >> ...

Were all going to have a say in where hip-hop goes. ♪ mad thinking about stomping ♪ im from the south bronx ♪ [ bleep ] compton >> you going to continue making a lot of money off this? >> long as its violence its 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. its my turn. ♪ tonights th...

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 at the door ♪ >> ooh, boy. snoop doggy dog and dr. dre at the door. its crazy. they knocked the door down, baby. ♪ g thing baby ♪ were crazy >> 70% of rap music, including gangsta rap, was purchased by whites. >> growing up in st. paul, minnesota, my friends and i thought compton and south central must be the coolest places in the world ...

Theres heartache involved. its all encompassed in one amazing piece of art. >> "the miseducation of lauryn hill." >> with her record-breaking fifth grammy win, lauryn hill echoed what many might have been thinking. >> this is crazy, because this is hip-hop music, and you know what i mean? >> shes going to be, big -- well, she already is a big, big star. you get five grammys you are. >> a lot of people think shes going to really redefine the connections among hip-hop, pop, for everybody. ♪ hi, ...

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. its my turn. ♪ tonights the night i get in some -- ♪ ♪ deep cover on the incognito tip ♪ >> suge knight, who wasnt 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, 63", 330-pound former bodyguard has b...

Amazing piece of art. >> "the miseducation of lauryn hill." >> with her record-breaking fifth grammy win, lauryn hill echoed what many might have been thinking. >> this is crazy, because this is hip-hop music. you know what i mean? >> shes going to be, big -- well, she already is a big star. you get five grammys you are. shes young. >> a lot of people think shes going to really redefine the connections among hip-hop, pop, for everybody. ♪ hi, kids. do you like primus ♪ ♪ want to see me sti...

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 new york hip hop thing. ♪ dre ♪ step to the door and get [ ble...

Always going to have a say in where hip-hop goes. ♪ mad thinking about stomping ♪ im from the south bronx ♪ [ bleep ] compton >> you going to continue making a lot of money off this? >> long as its violence its 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....

>> she sings, she raps. theres heartache involved. its all encompassed in one amazing piece of art. >> "the miseducation of lauryn hill." >> with her record-breaking fifth grammy win, lauryn hill echoed what many might have been thinking. >> this is crazy, because this is hip-hop music. you know what i mean? >> shes going to be, big -- well, she already is a big star. you get five grammys you are. >> a lot of people think shes going to really redefine the connections among hip-hop, pop, for ever...