Shelly's Modelling Agency | N.W.A.

Shelly's Modelling Agency doesn't question the fact that N.W.A. members considered themselves to be street reporters. MC Ren says their intention was to put Compton on the map so that West Coast rappers could be respected as much as the others. The media, however, were not so easily persuaded. The group found it's intentions completely distorted by one story in particular that made waves. This dude interviewed us in Eazy-E's mamma's backyard. This White cat was so nervous, he actually fell backward in his chair. No one touched him. He looked so scared. He went and wrote his article and called that shit gangsta rap. We didn't like that when it first came out. We thought they were trying to put us away and label our shit for us. It took away from who we were. (People) in New York City were just rappers. They had to label us as gangstas. But ain't no way we could have done all of that shit we talked about. We would have been in jail and under the jail.

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