N.W.A (an abbreviation for Niggaz Wit Attitudes[5][6]) was an American hip hop group formed in Compton, California in 1987. Among the earliest and most significant figures of the gangsta rap subgenre, the group is widely considered one of the greatest and most influential acts in …

Aug 14, 2015 · By the summer of 1989, a right-wing backlash was in full force. A newsletter called Focus on the Family Citizen ran the headline, “Rap Group NWA says Kill Police.”

Oct 27, 2021 · “Advocating violence and assault is wrong,” began a letter sent to the band by the FBI. “Violent crime, a major problem in our country, reached an unprecedented high in 1988.

May 1, 2018 · Ahlerich was specifically referring to the censorship of the song, “Fuck The Police” which was written by rapper Ice Cube from NWA. The entire incident reflected the oppression of expression at the hand of the government.

Oct 5, 1989 · First Amendment activists and a member of Congress said this week that the FBI may have stepped out of line with a letter accusing a Compton rap group of encouraging “violence against and...

Aug 14, 2015 · In the late ’80s, the bureau targeted the hip-hop group for their incendiary anthem ‘Fuck tha Police,’ and transformed the rappers into First Amendment crusaders. “Fuck tha Police” has a rich...

Aug 31, 2015 · Straight Outta Compton, the biopic of hip-hop group N.W.A, seems to have struck a nerve amid a steady stream of highly publicized police violence toward black men. The film frames the group...

Nov 6, 2022 · One of the first hip hop acts to come out of California after Ice-T, N.W.A were the first nationally accepted and respected Californian hip hop act. However, with all the controversy the group caused, they soon found themselves at the centre of an FBI investigation.

Aug 25, 2015 · New NWA biopic Straight Outta Compton – co-produced by former members Dr Dre and Ice Cube – is an inevitably selective portrait of the pioneering gangsta rappers. Here, with the help of those...

Ni**az Wit Attitudes, (better known as "N.W.A.) is an American hip hop group from Compton, California. The group started in 1986 and ended in 1991, the group had a very significant roll in the sub-genre of gangsta rap as they are considered one of …