In the new art, the Grammy winner glamorously clutches onto a man in a suit with a few other stray men in the background.

“Yo Soy Compton,” an unreleased song, is El Compa Negro’s ode to his hometown. Cowboy hats bob to the music, while botas and sneakers dance along to the song in a flurry of cheers and motion.

NWA's Straight Outta Compton was released on 8 August 1988, bringing the sound of gangsta rap to the mainstream US. In History revisits an early interview with the rappers.

"Straight Outta Compton," "All Eyez on Me" and "To Pimp a Butterfly" came out in 1988, 1996 and 2015, respectively, navigating separate but similar sociopolitical environments.

Let’s take a deeper look at the history of hip-hop and how N.W.A., Tupac and Lamar were able to bring to light many of the problems the Black community faces. N.W.A. and “Straight Outta Compton” ...

Before linking up with N.W.A. for the Straight Outta Compton shoot, though, Poppleton first worked on the cover art for Eazy-E’s debut solo album, Eazy-Duz-It, which ended up dropping two months ...

The stars of “Straight Outta Compton” went straight to the Microsoft Theater at LA Live in downtown Los Angeles for the film’s premiere on Monday night. Original N.W.A members Ice Cube and ...

Hip-hop artists in particular have used album art to make a statement and contextualize their legacy, from Method Man channeling Funkadelic’s “Maggot Brain” for the cover of his 1994 “Dare ...

There are few album covers more iconic than The Ramones’ self-titled debut. The band’s primitive punk rock was a rebellion against the excesses of ’70s bombastic commercial rock, and their ...

That wasn’t happening.” You can still see him on the album cover between Ice Cube and Yella. 10. The group saw MTV banning the “Straight Outta Compton” video as a major setback.