The 1990s may be the golden age of rap music, but that decade also boasted more than its fair share of tragedy with stars who died young.

Rapper, songwriter, actor, and film producer Ice Cube was born O’Shea Jackson Sr. in Los Angeles in 1969. He formed his first rap group, C.I.A., in 1986. However, it was the gangsta rap group, N.W.A., ...

N.W.A. Dropped Their Second LP 'Straight Outta Compton' 37 Years Ago N.W.A. 'Straight Outta Compton' 37 Years Ago ...

Metro's hometown-centric mixtape is the latest in a growing trend of Atlanta rap revisiting its early 2000s golden age ...

Hip Hop legend The D.O.C. will be joining fans at Radcliffe Football Club next month. The rapper will be at the Neuven Stadium for the first home game of the season against Spennymoor Town. He will be ...

Ice Cube wrote Dr. Dre and Eazy-E’s rhymes and half the lyrics for the group’s breakthrough album, 1988’s “Straight Outta Compton.” However, he was only paid $32,000 for his contributions. Ice Cube ...

Eazy-E's son said he has a project in the works to recreate the rapper's voice through the use of AI.

Eazy-E was one of the biggest rappers in American music history, but he also left a personal legacy in his children. Often referred to as the “Godfather of Gangsta Rap,” Eazy-E, born Eric Lynn ...

6. Eazy-E Known as the “Godfather of gangsta rap,” Eazy-E was a driving force behind N.W.A.’s rise and the explosion of West Coast Hip Hop.

Eazy-E’s Debut Album ‘Eazy-Duz-It’ Is A Crass, Confrontational Classic Decades later, the album is still a valuable document from one of hip-hop’s most daring MCs.

Eazy-E: How His Announcement Changed The Face Of HIV/AIDS In 1995, rap artist Eazy-E, a major figure in the commercial development of "gangsta" rap and co-founder of the group N.W. A. announced that ...

When Ice Cube talks about "gangsta rap," he is usually distancing himself from the phrase, describing it as a label he was erroneously given by the press and the public. Perhaps he draws that line ...