L.A. Times - Entertainment — Some of Jason Mitchell's most important scenes in the breakout summer hit "Straight Outta Compton" involved his character, N.W.A co-founder Eric Lynn Wright (a.k.a. "Eazy-E"), and the group's manager, Jerry Heller, played by veteran actor Paul Giamat... more info

Stereogum — The Amen break is a six-second drum solo in “Amen, Brother,” a 1969 b-side by the American funk/soul group the Winstons. It’s one of the most sampled drumbeats — and loops in general — of all time, showing up in songs by N.W.A., the Prodigy... more info

Time — Former N.W.A. manager Jerry Heller is slamming the film more info

Stereogum — In 1991, not long after he left N.W.A, Ice Cube ripped his old group apart on his scathing diss track “No Vaseline.” But he saved most of his venom for Jerry Heller, the group’s manager, a middle-aged Jewish music-industry veteran who had helpe... more info

L.A. Times - Entertainment — "F— tha Police.” One song. Ten years ago, there would have been a different argument for why N.W.A should be in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, and 10 years from now, there could be a better reason. But this song does a lot of work in a small spa... more info

Mercury News, California — Janet Jackson, Nine Inch Nails and (finally!) N.W.A. among the favorites for induction. more info

Brooklyn Vegan — The 2016 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame nominees have been announced, and first-time nominees include Janet Jackson, Cheap Trick, The Cars, Los Lobos and more. Returning nominees include The Smiths, Nine Inch Nails, N.W.A., Yes, Chic, Deep Purple... more info

Stereogum — Someone is getting in this year. The Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame have announced the nominations for next year’s inductions, and the list has a whole lot of names who have been nominated, sometimes multiple times. There are a few artists who are bein... more info

Time — The winners will be announced in December more info

L.A. Times - Entertainment — The groundbreaking gangsta rap of N.W.A, the catholic pan-American rock of Los Lobos, the expansive progressive rock of Yes and the boundary-stretching R&B of Janet Jackson have earned each of those acts a shot at induction next year into the Rock an... more info