Boyz-N-The Hood, By Eazy E.

He started rapping not because other people was rapping and getting their names known, but because he wanted to do it for his mother who died from breast cancer, but that’s not what he always wanted to do. The two things he was known most for though were being fun and good on the court. He played basketball up to his junior year where he couldn’t play anymore because he was to busy in the streets.

When Shakur was 13, he spent his earliest years in the Bronx and Harlem where he made his acting debut in a production of A Raisin in the Sun at the Apollo theatre benefit for Jesse Jackson's 1984 presidential campaign. He successfully auditioned to become a dancer and roadie for the rap group called Digital Underground and simultaneously worked diligently on his own music. He appeared in Digital Underground's This Is an E.P. Release EP in

Sean "Puffy" Combs has established himself as one of the biggest names in hip-hop (Heal). Combs a Harlem native whose father was killed when he was only 3 years old, rose from the mean streets to the top of the music business (AP wire, March 18). "It is true that he started from scratch, and I don't think that because he was arrested, people will stop buying his albums (AP wire, March 18). Before pursuing his career as a vocalist, Combs was a business-minded Howard University student and an intern at Andre Harrell's Uptown Records. Combs soon became the A&R representative for Uptown. He then began producing for soon to be mega-stars Mary J. Blige, Heavy D., and Jodeci to name a few. After being let go

As a community, we need to come together as one an boycott Lil Wayne's verse on Juvenile- Back That Azz Up. We all know it's one of the most anticipated verses of all time..."now after you back it up, then stop now wha-wha-wha-what drop it like it's hot". See look at you trying to drop it like it's hot by just reading it! Since our lives does not matter to him, his verse no longer matter to us and it will no longer be the cause of our knees giving out on us the next morning after the club!

Now with a great career as a producer, he strived for more success as a rapper and started to record his tracks. During the production of Jay Z’s The Blueprint 2, Kanye recorded a verse for the track “The Bounce” which was then decided by Jay Z to leave on the final version regardless of his opinion on Kanye’s rap career. Despite the “street” image that Kanye lacked and which most rappers at the time had, he continued to better his lyrics and further his rap career until he was finally signed with Roc-A-Fella

By showing his rap skills to the Detroit station he was allowed into a rap battle competition. This relevancy gave him the ability to meet esteemed rapper Kanye West and show off his rapping ability.

A.One of his main passions growing up was poetry, leading him to start rapping at the age of fourteen. Spending his free time in the studio was the perfect oasis to keep him from commiting

He started in 2006 and then ultimately gained national attention. He was picked out by the likes of Kanye West, Lil Wayne and Jay-Z. He didn’t get a contract until 2009 when Universal Motown signed him on.

The first song that they ever produced was “Boyz-N-The-Hood,” written by Ice Cube and performed by Eazy. It became a hit, it laid the groundwork for the menacing, nihilistic and often grimly humorous worldview that would fuel Straight Outta Compton. N.W.A is the unapologetically violent and sexist pioneers of gangster rap, are in many ways the most notorious group in the history of rap. They became notorious for their hardcore lyrics, especially those of "F**k that Police," which resulted in the FBI sending a warning letter to Ruthless and its parent company, Priority, suggesting that N.W.A should watch their step. Their music effected many white people who wouldn't listen to this type of music. Police officers really didn't like this type

G-eazy is a successful rapper/hip hop artist that started off in Oakland, California. He is 28 years old, born may 24, 1989. He started off his career by making mixtapes and appearing on stages with other well known artists. His independent album, ¨The Endless Summer¨ was nominated for the best rap/hip

Rap career: Some of his solo albums include AmeriKKKa's Most Wanted, Death Certificate, and The Predator. One of his albums as a member of N.W.A. is the infamous Straight Outta Compton project.

Summer of 1994. New York City smelled no different than hot rat piss and looked accordingly. Fresh off my 15th birthday and wandering the Brooklyn streets with Hakeem, we followed the music wherever it played. Our community cherished music through constant airplay. Anyone with loud speakers, either in their car, apartment, or boombox, blared any of the anthems from the future greats. Whether it's Nas, Wu-Tang, Biggie, or Tribe, the list is blissfully endless. Hakeem’s brother, a well-connected music promoter, gave Hakeem two tickets to this secret show he was putting on for Ice Cube, who, despite being the first notable west coast rapper, carries a rage within him that the east coast entirely recognizes.

His father Hosea and mother Dois Jackson began to see his talent when he wrote his first rhythm and watched it grow with him as he grew up and became a rapper. Cube changed his mind and wanted more from this world and wanted to become great when he was a teen because of all the violence and all his friends being killed in the hood and that's just what he did. Ice Cube went to fame in 1980s as a member of the controversial rap group N.W.A. when him and some other rappers began writing raps in 1980s. In high school before enjoying success as a solo artist and actor in 1989. Two of his greatest successes were in the beginning of his career the Barbershop (2002) and 21 Jump Street (2012) which was one of my favorites. To Cube he explains this country remains under “a pyramid system of capitalism” and continues to say that it will only change if people fight, fight for what they want and what is theirs, what should be available to all. The story about Cube can't stop now there is too much excitement not

That's when Tupac began to hang out with the wrong crowd. When he turned 15, he fell into rap, and started writing lyrics, forming his New York background for all it was worth. He called himself Mc New York and made people believe he was a tough guy. By the time Tupac was 20 he had been arrested eight times, and served eight months in prison, after being convicted of sexual abuse.

They moved around frequently, and finally settled in the Compton area. At Centennial High School, Dre showed lots of talent for drafting, but he paid very little attention to his other course work. He transferred to Fremont High School and then went to the Chester High School. He had very less interest in schoolwork, he wanted to make music. Dre then got a music mixer for Christmas in 1984 and soon turned his home into his studio.