N.W.A.

N.W.A. A loose combine of rappers based in the Compton section of Los Angeles, N.W.A. (an acronym for the commercially indigestible moniker, Niggaz With Attitude) pioneered the gansta rap movement. Although the group fragmented shortly after the release of their third album, individual members would continue to exert an influence on the evolution of hip-hop throughout the 1990s. N.W.A. was formed in the mid-1980s when vocalist EazyE—aka Eric Wright, son of soul/funk artist Charles Wright, and…