(L-R) Rappers DJ Yella, MC-Ren, Eazy-E and Dr. I'm quite sure it had to be stuff like that. What would you hypothesize the outside influences could’ve been? Someone telling another member that they could be way more successful if they went solo? It wasn't the group mad at each other, pointing fingers.
Always the outsiders looking in, what can they get? That's what happened to us. And this is the part-you break up at number one, but the group is not mad at each other!? So evidently, there's some outside influences. I tell people all the time, how many groups break up when they're number one? I don't think it's ever happened. You’ve had your share of extreme highs and lows. Before the pandemic hit, you were literally traveling the entire world playing shows. You were immortalized in Straight Outta Compton and inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. You were in the biggest group in the world, then eventually things changed and you hit your self-described rock bottom. Given the struggles you’ve outlined, it's a miracle that you are where you are today. Spoiler alert: the origins of NWA are intertwined with the much more delicate image of the World Class Wreckin’ Cru.īelow, DJ Yella discusses the rise and breakup of NWA, the death of his pal, Eazy-E, and the staying power of the group’s most controversial track, “F*ck The Police.” Perhaps the most ridiculous of memories is when Carraby was trying to focus on directing one of his adult movies and Eazy-E was in the background distracting him by loudly crunching down a bag of potato chips.įor music nerds, the musician also intricately details the origins of his DJ career and technological innovations in real-time, mapping out the path he and his contemporaries took to their gangster aesthetic. Dre thought it was funny to pretend to tug at his catheter. Or, a hysterically nerve-wracking anecdote where Carraby was hospitalized for surgery and Dr. Take for example, a recollection of NWA members having a philosophical as to whether or not they’d sell their souls to the devil. Yella (Antoine Carraby), Cli-N-Tel (Marquette Hawkins) and Lonzo 'Grandmaster' (Alonzo Williams) (Photo by Michael Ochs Archives) getty Like I said they are no better than her, its the same evil to me.LOS ANGELES - 1985: Electronic funk group World Class Wreckin' Cru (L-r Dr Dre (Andre young), DJ. He just made the wrong decision but it was still his to make. What Tomica did was handed to her from eazy himself. She has no reason, just like DJ speed said, there is NO good reason for Tracy and Erin to be acting like this. But ain't nobody forcing Tracy to talk about his kids like that, nor his mom. Plus, at the end of the day Eazy was naive to give Tomica the right to control everything. You can't be the lesser evil if you say out your mouth what someone else's actions says. Like I said, Tomica started slacking when they got older and she legally didn't have to do anything for them besides pay for their wedding or something like that. Tracy is SAYING what people THINK Tomica thought because she isn't passing down his business. I don't think anyone who says that is "lesser evil" than tomica. And that the decisions Eazy made was conscious What tracy said is at the top, she is the one saying Eazy wasn't in his kid's lives, so they don't matter basically. Disrespecting his real blood family for no reason is too much. Your anger can't come from the best place, if you're being unnecessary with your comments. Thats the problem I had with some of these people. Ironically Charise is tight with Tracy and Erin. Like why you so mad you talking about his man's kids like that, and they the kids who haven't done nothing wrong. Its like when Erin and Tracy always talked shit about Reemarkable and some others, just because her mom was another woman Eazy messed with. They mind their business, come for their mom not them. Those kids don't even bother to defend her, they let people say what they want.
Thats fucked up because clearly he just looks like Tomica, and those kids never did anything or said anything bad about anybody-even tho everybody has something to say about their mom. Those kids mind their business of course, but you know their son looks just like Tomica, so she tried to be funny questioning if he was really eazy's.just because he looks more like his mom (I can see eazy in him a bit) Speaking of, one of ruthless employees who is friends with Tracy and Erin (Charise) were talking some shit about Eazy's kids with Tomica.