N.W.A

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gangsta rap group hip hop group musical group

N.W.A was a pioneering and controversial American hip hop group from Compton, California, widely credited with popularizing gangsta rap and bringing stark depictions of inner-city life into mainstream music.

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All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
N.W.A canonical 26
N.W.A (through Ruthless Records affiliation) 1

Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf gangsta rap group ⓘ
hip hop group ⓘ
musical group ⓘ
activeYearsEnd 1991 ⓘ
activeYearsStart 1986 ⓘ
associatedAct Above the Law ⓘ
Bone Thugs-n-Harmony ⓘ
Ruthless Records ⓘ
The D.O.C. ⓘ
World Class Wreckin' Cru ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
dissolved 1991 ⓘ
formerMember Arabian Prince ⓘ
genre West Coast hip hop ⓘ
gangsta rap ⓘ
hip hop ⓘ
hasCulturalDepiction Straight Outta Compton ⓘ
surface form: Straight Outta Compton (2015 film)
hasDiscographyItem 100 Miles and Runnin' ⓘ
N.W.A. and the Posse ⓘ
Niggaz4Life ⓘ
Straight Outta Compton ⓘ
inception 1986 ⓘ
influencedGenre West Coast hip hop ⓘ
gangsta rap ⓘ
locationOfFormation Compton, California ⓘ
member DJ Yella ⓘ
Dr. Dre ⓘ
Eazy-E ⓘ
Ice Cube ⓘ
MC Ren ⓘ
notableCharacteristic depictions of inner-city life ⓘ
explicit lyrics ⓘ
social commentary on police brutality ⓘ
notableEvent Dr. Dre departure in 1991 ⓘ
Ice Cube departure in 1989 ⓘ
notableSong Alwayz into Somethin' ⓘ
Appetite for Destruction ⓘ
Express Yourself ⓘ
F*** tha Police ⓘ
Gangsta Gangsta ⓘ
Straight Outta Compton ⓘ
notableWork 100 Miles and Runnin' ⓘ
Niggaz4Life ⓘ
Straight Outta Compton ⓘ
origin Compton, California ⓘ
recordLabel Priority Records ⓘ
Ruthless Records ⓘ
reformed 1998 ⓘ
reunionYears 1998 ⓘ
shortNameFor Niggaz With Attitude ⓘ

Referenced by (27)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Tupac Shakur → influencedBy → N.W.A ⓘ
Yo! MTV Raps → featuredArtist → N.W.A ⓘ
Compton, California, United States → associatedWithMusicGroup → N.W.A ⓘ
The Last Poets → influenced → N.W.A ⓘ
Ice Cube → memberOf → N.W.A ⓘ
West Coast hip hop → notableArtist → N.W.A ⓘ
Priority Records → notableArtist → N.W.A ⓘ
Dr. Dre → memberOf → N.W.A ⓘ
Dr. Dre → associatedAct → N.W.A ⓘ
Golden Age of hip hop → notableArtist → N.W.A ⓘ
Lyn Collins → sampledBy → N.W.A ⓘ
Run-D.M.C. → influenced → N.W.A ⓘ
Eazy-E → memberOf → N.W.A ⓘ
Eazy-E → associatedAct → N.W.A ⓘ
Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five → influenced → N.W.A ⓘ
Straight Outta Compton → basedOn → N.W.A ⓘ
Straight Outta Compton → mainSubject → N.W.A ⓘ
O'Shea Jackson → memberOf → N.W.A ⓘ
Schoolly D → influencedArtist → N.W.A ⓘ
Ruthless Records → associatedAct → N.W.A ⓘ
The D.O.C. → associatedAct → N.W.A ⓘ
Michel'le → associatedAct → N.W.A ⓘ
this entity surface form: N.W.A (through Ruthless Records affiliation)
Cold 187um → associatedAct → N.W.A ⓘ
Ohio Players → sampledBy → N.W.A ⓘ
Kokane → associatedWith → N.W.A ⓘ
Andre Romelle Young → memberOf → N.W.A ⓘ
World Class Wreckin' Cru → associatedAct → N.W.A ⓘ