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mc ren – final frontier

March 9th, 2010 25 comments

Born and raised in Compton, California, he joined up with the gangsta rap group N.W.A. while finishing his senior year at Dominguez High School. He contributed vocals on the Straight Outta Compton (1988) album and soon found himself a much more valuable member of the group after Ice Cube departed in 1989.

N.W.A. became the first gangsta rap group to gain mainstream success. However, as their album Efil4zaggin, backwards for Niggaz 4 Life, reached the #1 spot on Billboard in 1991, financial conflict between Dr. Dre and Ruthless Records led to the group disbanding. Group member Eazy-E was accused of skimming money along with the group’s manager. Dr. Dre left to help form Death Row Records. MC Ren subsequently released his debut album with the help of Eazy-E in 1992, entitled Kizz My Black Azz

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