• First Official N.W.A 'Straight Outta Compton' Trailer Surfaces: Dr. Dre and Ice Cube Introduce High-Energy Clip [WATCH]

    The first full, official trailer for the highly anticipated N.W.A biopic "Straight Outta Compton" dropped recently, and it will have fans begging for more. Dr. Dre and Ice Cube introduce the film as something of a necessity nowadays with all the violence in black communities stemming from distrust of law enforcement. "The same thing that we was going through in the '80s with the police, people going through right now," Cube said as the pair rolled through Compton. "It's a good time for us to tell our story," Dre added.

  • Suge Knight Arrested, Charged in Fatal Hit-and-Run Incident That Left One Dead and Two Injured

    Former Death Row Records CEO Suge Knight has been arrested and charged with murder following a hit-and-run incident that occurred Thursday (Jan. 29), The Hollywood Reporter notes. Knight allegedly got into an altercation near the site of a promotional shoot for the N.W.A. biopic Straight Outta Compton before the homicide happened. According to witnesses, Knight began arguing with two men when he pulled up to the scene in a red pick-up truck. When the fight began to get more serious, Knight reportedly backed into a victim, who died, and hit two others, who suffered non life-threatening injuries.

  • REPORT: Suge Knight Allegedly Killed a Man on the Set of a Movie in Compton

    Suge Knight, former CEO of Death Row Records, reportedly ran over a man with his car on the set of a movie he was working on in Compton, California. The victim died shortly after Knight fled the scene of the crime. According to TMZ the two men were involved in an argument after Knight was denied access to the set of a film Ice Cube and Dr. Dre were working on, possibly the N.W.A biopic Straight Outta Compton, which is listed as being in post-production on IMDb. Knight's lawyer is trying to arrange the CEO's surrender.

  • Dr. Dre Has a New Protégé: Justin Mohrle Follows Footsteps of Eminem, Kendrick Lamar and The Game

    In a lengthy profile, "D Magazine" examines Garland, Texas, rapper Justin Mohrle, a 23-year-old white kid who is being billed as Dr. Dre's new protégé. The young talent was handed off to Dre by rapper The D.O.C. after the former Death Row artist heard his demo. Now Mohrle is being molded by the same man who helped push Eminem, Kendrick Lamar, The Game and many others to superstardom, not to mention creating one of the most recognizable company's in music with Beats Electronics. Yeah, the kid knows he is in good hands.

  • Eminem Refutes Report of New Album 'Roots' Releasing in 2015

    Eminem has had a monster past two years, releasing a record setting studio album and growing his label Shadyville Records into one of the most well respected imprints in hip-hop. It appears that Marshall Mathers is potentially going to keep the momentum up and release another album in 2015. It would reportedly be titled Roots and is expected to feature the likes of Dr. Dre and Xzibit.

  • Monster Products Sue Beats By Dre for Allegedly Scamming Company Out of Potential $100 Million-Plus Payout from Apple Deal

    Dr. Dre might be the hip-hop billionaire and his name might be on the product line Beats by Dre, but he's not actually capable of designing and building headphones all by himself. The original line of Beats headphones were produced by Monster, best known originally for its high-quality line of audio cables. Now that company and its CEO, Noel Lee, are suing the Beats Audio company for allegedly using shady dealings to cut Monster out of the equation conveniently before being bought up by Apple for a huge amount.

  • 8 Albums With Misleading Titles: The Smiths, Dr. Dre, And More

    Though an album title shouldn't tell you explicitly what kind of music you're in for (where's the fun in that?), a title does have a subtle influence over how we hear an album, or how we expect it to fit into the artist's career arc. These eight albums, however, went with titles that ended up being misleading for either one of these reasons.

  • Dr. Dreidel: Dr. Dre & Hanukkah Collide in a Dreidel

    Dr. Dre hasn't been involved in making music for years, yet he has become one of the most successful members of the music industry. His headphone brand, Beats By Dre has become the largest brand of headphones in the world and in selling Beats to Apple he earned close to $500 million from the deal, as reported by Forbes. As a ubiquitous figure in the music industry it isn't surprising to see him become an icon for all. Now an enterprising artist has taken the likeness of the former NWA member and added his face to a dreidel for the holiday season, specifically Hanukkah, naming it the Dr. Dreidel.

  • 8 Artists Who Are Taking Too Long To Release New Albums: Dr. Dre, Lauryn Hill And More

    This has been a pretty exciting couple of days for fans of both Modest Mouse and D'Angelo, with both artists announcing their first new albums in quite some time (Modest Mouse's last album came out in 2007, while D'Angelo's was 2000). Now that these two artists have finally decided to release some new music, here are eight more artists that have been taking far too long to put out new albums.
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