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♪ young nigga got it bad because i'm brown ♪ >> the group nwa is the hottest most in your face of the gangsta-style rappers. one song blasts the police in the most obscene terms. >> they like to 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 originally of most people who were part of the hip-hop world. ♪ dre ♪ ...

More into reality rap and street rap. ♪ the police coming straight from the underground ♪ >> the group nwa is the hottest most in your face of the gangsta-style rappers. one song blasts the police in the most obscene terms. >> and write the raps, right? and me and my boy hook up a good beat and feel goes good with the rap. boom. there it is. platinum records. >> and nwa at that point is the biggest hip hop band there is. >> first time i heard nwa, ice is okay. the rest is garbage. ♪ dre step to the door >> the east coast felt kind of like, well, we invented hip hop. you're not going to c...

Death may in some way be payback for the september killing of rap star tupac shakur. >> when tupac and biggie were assassinated, 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? >> they talked of trying to break out of the violence but many say they were trapped in the world they created. forced to keep it real, and that's a sad commentary. >> i remember seeing news reports how violent it was, remember seeing editorials, how can we ...

Rap ♪ the police coming straight from the underground ♪ >> 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. >> they write the raps and then me and my boy get together and hook up a good beat we feel goes good with the rap. boom. there it is. platinum records. >> and it's the biggest hip-hop band there is at that point. >> first time i heard nwa, ice guy is all right but the rest of this is garbage. that was pretty much the attitude of most people initially of the hip-hop gang. ♪ dre step to the door >> th...

>> the group nwa is the hottest most in your face of the gangsta-style rappers. one song blasts the police in the most obscene terms. >> and write the raps, right? and me and my boy hook up a good beat and feel goes good with the rap. boom. there it is. platinum records. >> and it's the biggest hip-hop band there is at that point. >> first time i heard nwa, ice is all right. the rest is garbage. and that was pretty much the attitude of everyone in the hip-hop wave. ♪ dre step to the door >> east coast felt like well, we affected hip-hop. you're not coming in as the new kid and decide this is...