Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I am a music journalist from New York City, living in Nashville. Before NWA changed the music world with its 1988 record Straight ...

Despite being one of the most well-known rap groups to walk the planet, the NWA story has rarely been told. Hip-hop heads know the tale, but to casual music fans, the illustrious group are best known ...

In August 1988, N.W.A. released their debut album, Straight Outta Compton, less than a year removed from dropping their compilation/mixtape N.W.A. and the Posse. Straight Outta Compton, featuring ...

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It must be one of the most famous pictures in the history of hip-hop. Dre, Yella, Eazy E, Ice Cube and MC Ren circled in thug synchonicity, firing their eyes at the camera with a nine pointing ...

UFC welterweight Tyron Woodley might be best known for knocking out people in the Octagon, but he's quickly gaining recognition for his acting skills in Hollywood. Woodley already has starred and done ...