NEW YORK (AP) — The groundbreaking Los Angeles rap act N.W.A. will join a quartet of 1970s era FM radio rockers — Chicago, Cheap Trick, Deep Purple and Steve Miller — as 2016 inductees into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. N.W.A., led by Dr. Dre and Ice Cube, was elected after three unsuccessful […]
Rap music is alive and well, and in fact is still a very profitable industry. Many rappers every year make millions from record sales, merchandise sales, touring, streaming, publishing, endorsements and other business ventures. According to Forbes, in 2015, these 9 rappers all made $20 million dollars or more: #1 – P. Diddy: earned $60 […]
A woman featured in WeTV’s new reality series “Selling It In the ATL” claims that Dr. Dre (real name Andre Young) is the father of her 20-year-old autistic son, but the former NWA creator reportedly has DNA proof that he is not, reports TMZ. According to the website, Dre did have a relationship with the […]
Universal’s “Straight Outta Compton” has set another record. The N.W.A. biopic, helmed by F. Gary Gray, just crossed the $200 million mark at the worldwide box office, making it the highest-grossing movie from an African American director ever. The film’s current domestic gross is $161.1 million; its international gross will be $38.9 million by end […]
Dr. Dre has gotten another woman upset. We all know the issues former girlfriend Michel’le and TV host Dee Barnes have with him for beating on them. Now we’re hearing from another woman who’s had a bad experience with the Doctor. His former housekeeper, Raquel Sagustume, is taking him to court over what she describes as a […]
On the latest episode of Dr. Dre’s Beats 1 show, “The Pharmacy,” Dre chopped it up with Snoop Dogg about the music business and their working relationship – including the time they performed with a hologram version of Tupac Shakur. Dre also revealed his dream of touring Europe with a “full production” in what he […]
Sean “Diddy” Combs sits atop Forbes’ list of the world’s highest paid stars in hip hop, edging out Jay Z and Drake on the 2015 “Hip Hop Cash Kings” tally, revealed Tuesday. Harlem native Combs, 45, made an estimated $60 million between June 2014 and June 2015, from investments outside of music, such as his […]
Dr. Dre’s son, Curtis Young, has confirmed to XXL magazine that there will be no sequel to “Straight Outta Compton,” which has banked close to $150 million at the box office – a figure that usually inspires studio heads to greenlight a pitch for an additional installment. However, the surprise success of “SOC” has, […]
"Straight Outta Compton" topped the box office for the third week in a row and made history as the highest grossing musical biopic ever.
N.W.A.’s Straight Outta Compton biopic has been shattering expectations at the box office since its release, and it’s now shedding light on the group’s music. For…
Last week, Dr. Dre issued another apology regarding his past with assaulting woman. It was criticized like most public apologies are: Maybe it was just a publicity…
NEW YORK (AP) — “Straight Outta Compton” easily maintained its box-office lead with an estimated $26.8 million in ticket sales over a sleepy late summer weekend at North American multiplexes, according to studio estimates Sunday. Universal’s N.W.A biopic, a much buzzed-about hit, dominated over the late August releases that often characterize Hollywood’s dog days of […]
