(L-R) Rappers DJ Yella, MC-Ren, Eazy-E and Dr. I'm quite sure it had to be stuff like that.

What would you hypothesize the outside influences could’ve been? Someone telling another member that they could be way more successful if they went solo? It wasn't the group mad at each other, pointing fingers. Always the outsiders looking in, what can they get? That's what happened to us. And this is the part-you break up at number one, but the group is not mad at each other!? So evidently, there's some outside influences. I tell people all the time, how many groups break up when they're number one? I don't think it's ever happened. You’ve had your share of extreme highs and lows. Before the pandemic hit, you were literally traveling the entire world playing shows. You were immortalized in Straight Outta Compton and inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. You were in the biggest group in the world, then eventually things changed and you hit your self-described rock bottom. Given the struggles you’ve outlined, it's a miracle that you are where you are today. Spoiler alert: the origins of NWA are intertwined with the much more delicate image of the World Class Wreckin’ Cru.īelow, DJ Yella discusses the rise and breakup of NWA, the death of his pal, Eazy-E, and the staying power of the group’s most controversial track, “F*ck The Police.” Perhaps the most ridiculous of memories is when Carraby was trying to focus on directing one of his adult movies and Eazy-E was in the background distracting him by loudly crunching down a bag of potato chips.įor music nerds, the musician also intricately details the origins of his DJ career and technological innovations in real-time, mapping out the path he and his contemporaries took to their gangster aesthetic. Dre thought it was funny to pretend to tug at his catheter. Or, a hysterically nerve-wracking anecdote where Carraby was hospitalized for surgery and Dr.

Take for example, a recollection of NWA members having a philosophical as to whether or not they’d sell their souls to the devil. Yella (Antoine Carraby), Cli-N-Tel (Marquette Hawkins) and Lonzo 'Grandmaster' (Alonzo Williams) (Photo by Michael Ochs Archives) getty LOS ANGELES - 1985: Electronic funk group World Class Wreckin' Cru (L-r Dr Dre (Andre young), DJ.

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