TMZ — Lil Eazy-E, the son of late N.W.A. rapper Eazy-E, was up to his ears in bud at a Southern California marijuana dispensary. His pop was a notorious weed smoker ... so safe to say the apple doesn't fall from the tree. Judging from the pic ...… more info

L.A. Times - Entertainment — Though we both hail from New England — almost as geographically far as you can get from Compton and still call yourself an American — when the opportunity to write "Straight Outta Compton" came our way, we recognized immediately that the music as... more info

Stereogum — You had to know a Tupac biopic was coming. Thus far, two actors have played Tupac in movies: Anthony Mackie in the 2009 Biggie Smalls biopic Notorious and Marcc Rose in the N.W.A biopic Straight Outta Compton. (I suppose there might be others, but th... more info

Mercury News, California — Chicago, Cheap Trick and Steve Miller all to be inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in their first shot. more info

Brooklyn Vegan — photo: NWA at Riot Fest Denver 2015 (more) The 2016 inductees to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame have been announced, and it's N.W.A., Cheap Trick, Deep Purple, Steve Miller and Chicago. N.W.A. and Deep Purple had both been... more info

Stereogum — Honestly, I don’t know why I even bother to get mad at the Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame anymore. The Cleveland institution has earned a reputation for making the most basic possible choices every year, and they absolutely came through with it this ye... more info

Reuters — NEW YORK (Reuters) - California rap group N.W.A., British metal band Deep Purple and rock-pop group Chicago are among the musicians chosen to join the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2016, organizers announced on Thursday. more info

L.A. Times - Entertainment — N.W.A has followed the success of "Straight Outta Compton" straight into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. After being passed over three times, the influential Compton rap group rode a wave of critical and popular acclaim generated by its hit biopic th... more info

L.A. Times - Entertainment — "Straight Outta Compton," the box office hit about the influential '90s rap group N.W.A,  was selected best picture of the year Monday by the African American Film Critics Assn. The F. Gary Gray-directed film also won for ensemble and supporting act... more info

TMZ — If we gave you 100 guesses as to the one thing Eazy-E had before every show ... you'd never get it.  Jerry Heller -- former manager of N.W.A. -- was leaving Craig's when our photog asked him a few N.W.A. questions, which he surprisingly… more info