Famed rapper Dr. Dre was on hand Saturday at the groundbreaking of a new campus for Compton High School — which will include a state-of-the-art performing arts center he funded, according to the Los ...

Dr Dre has wrong-footed fans with the surprise release of Compton: A Soundtrack, the long-awaited follow up to 1999's 2001 and a record that forms part of a return to his roots. While working on ...

When Dr. Dre and DJ Yella met O’Shea Jackson, better known as Ice Cube - the three created the gangsta rap group N.W.A., whose debut album, Straight Outta Compton, became a smash hit.

Dr. Dre didn't do too badly post-N.W.A either, as this excellent Semtex mix of classic tracks illustrates. And Compton is still very much on the rap map. Aged eight, local lad Kendrick Lamar saw ...

The opening line of N.W.A's debut album is, "You are now about to witness the strength of street knowledge," and that’s ...