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Ice Cube has spoken out about NWA 's Rock and Roll Hall of Fame snub. The iconic hip hop group were nominated for induction into the 2014 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, but failed to make the final cut, with the committee voting for Nirvana , Kiss, Peter Gabriel, Hall And Oates, Cat Stevens and Linda Ronstadt instead.

Tomorrow, from 11am to 4pm, Cinespace Chicago Film Studios is holding an open casting call for the upcoming feature film Straight Outta Compton , a biopic on the hit '90s rap group N.W.A. Casting directors are looking for African American males, late teens to late 20s, for the roles of Dr. Dre, Ice Cube and group founder, the late Eazy-E.

"It's typical," Ice Cube says in an interview with the Associated Press as published by Billboard .

If you grew up with a trusty jam box like I did, it's likely that De La Soul flowed from the speakers at some point.

Exclusive: N.W.A founding member DJ Yella updates the progress of the group's biopic and reflects on his role in the Ruthless Records legacy.

Nicki Minaj shares steamy shower selfies, Juicy J shows off his Oscar and Lil Boosie's daughter celebrates the release of her father in this week's Hip Hop Instagrams According to a familiar clich, a picture is worth a thousand words.

R Mayor Bob Foster, city clerk Larry Herrera and singer Charles Wright during a press conference.

To honor the 25th anniversary of Billboard's Hot Rap Songs chart, we're counting down the tally's top 100 tracks ever.

Universal and Morgan Creek are each prepping films about the hip-hop icons that could be released around the same time.

I was thumbing through some of my old CDs the other day and came across a little hip-hop emerald from 1991 called We Can't be Stopped by Geto Boys-a Texas gangster-rap trio that was so violent, sexist, racist and indignant that NWA paid them for tips on how to be hard.

Twenty-five years ago today , De La Soul's seminal debut LP, "3 Feet High and Rising," was released.

As part of the continuing promo drive for their new movie 'Ride Along', former NWA rapper Ice Cube and comedian Kevin Hart dropped into the talkSPORT studios yesterday and were immediately pressed into critiquing three of the English nation's finest football/rap hybrid offerings - two from John Barnes in 'World In Motion' and 'The Anfield Rap' and ... (more)

As Black History Month comes to a close, the AHH Community - AllHipHop's rabid not-so-secret secret society - would like to spotlight the top 10 Hip-Hop artists who've had the biggest impact on America.

The 44-year-old star - real name O'Shea Jackson - toured with American hip hop group N.W.A Wit Attitudes) between the late 80s and into the 90s, and during the early years he felt he needed weapons to help stay safe.

Rapper and actor Ice Cube has dismissed Justin Bieber's behavior as the antics of a spoiled celebrity that can not be compared with the provocative statements made by his former group N.W.A. The rap collective became notorious in the 1980s for their outspoken and unflinching views on society and authority, prompting comparisons to punk pioneers ... (more)

Just because Jimmy Fallon is now the host of The Tonight Show doesn't mean that he won't keep doing all the bits he used to do on his old show.

An update to an item published this morning: Director F. Gary Gray just shared the following news on Twitter, so take heed if you fit the bill, and our interested : And here's this morning's post: In December, Universal Pictures hired Jonathan Herman to write the latest draft of the N.W.A. biopic that F. Gary Gray is attached to direct, with former ... (more)

Gracing the stage, one of the famed Clark Sisters; legendary multiple award winning, Karen Clark Sheard performs tonight on the BET Honors .

Just because Jimmy Fallon is now the host of The Tonight Show doesn't mean that he won't keep doing all the bits he used to do on his old show.

The N.W.A biopic will begin shooting in April but one of the possible actors has been practicing for this role since he was a child.