Niggaz With Attitude

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Niggaz With Attitude (N.W.A) was a pioneering and controversial American hip hop group from Compton, California, widely credited with popularizing gangsta rap in the late 1980s and early 1990s.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf gangsta rap group
hip hop group
activeYearsEnd 1991
activeYearsStart 1986
alsoKnownAs N.W.A NERFINISHED
associatedAct Above the Law NERFINISHED
Death Row Records NERFINISHED
Ruthless Records NERFINISHED
Snoop Dogg NERFINISHED
The D.O.C. NERFINISHED
controversialFor song Fuck tha Police NERFINISHED
use of profanity and violent themes
countryOfOrigin United States of America
surface form: United States
debutAlbum Straight Outta Compton NERFINISHED
disbandedInYear 1991
formedIn Compton, California NERFINISHED
formedInYear 1986
formerMember Arabian Prince NERFINISHED
foundedBy Eazy-E NERFINISHED
genre West Coast hip hop
gangsta rap
hip hop
hallOfFameInduction Rock and Roll Hall of Fame NERFINISHED
hallOfFameInductionYear 2016
influencedArtist Kendrick Lamar NERFINISHED
Snoop Dogg NERFINISHED
The Notorious B.I.G. NERFINISHED
Tupac Shakur NERFINISHED
influencedGenre West Coast hip hop NERFINISHED
gangsta rap
member DJ Yella NERFINISHED
Dr. Dre NERFINISHED
Eazy-E NERFINISHED
Ice Cube NERFINISHED
MC Ren NERFINISHED
notableFor explicit lyrics about urban crime and police brutality
popularizing gangsta rap
notableSong Fuck tha Police NERFINISHED
Gangsta Gangsta NERFINISHED
Straight Outta Compton NERFINISHED
notableWork Niggaz4Life NERFINISHED
Straight Outta Compton NERFINISHED
placeOfOrigin Compton, California NERFINISHED
recordLabel Priority Records NERFINISHED
Ruthless Records NERFINISHED
reunionYears 1998
2000
2016
secondAlbum Niggaz4Life NERFINISHED
subjectOf film Straight Outta Compton NERFINISHED

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N.W.A shortNameFor Niggaz With Attitude