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 ...

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 ...

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.