Ice Cube Reuniting With MC Ren and DJ Yella to Perform N.W.A. Music
Ice Cube has announced that he, MC Ren, and DJ Yella will reunite as N.W.A. for the first time in over two decades. The reunion will take place on June 27 as part of the BET Experience at L.A. Live in Los Angeles, a series of events that occurs the weekend of the BET Awards.
Ice Cube told Rolling Stone that it’ll be the first time he’s performed with DJ Yella since 1989. (He and MC Ren performed together in 2000.)
“It’s just gonna be one of those ‘I wish I were there in L.A. nights,’” he told Rolling Stone. “And we’re gonna rock that shit, no problem.”
During his Rolling Stone interview, Ice Cube said that Dr. Dre isn’t scheduled to participate in the reunion. “You know, if you wish upon a star, you never know,” he said. “You never know. It’s like, I hope he blesses us with his presence. But if not, I’ve been rockin’ for a long time without anybody. So whoever shows up, I’m still gonna rock. Whoever don’t show up, we still gonna rock.”
N.W.A.’s other core member, Eazy-E, died in 1995.
Kendrick Lamar, Snoop Dogg, Schoolboy Q, Ab-Soul, and Jay Rock are also scheduled to perform at the BET Experience that night.
Ice Cube also told Rolling Stone that N.W.A. might be working on new music for the soundtrack to Straight Outta Compton, the forthcoming biopic about the group. “We’re definitely dibbling and dabbling, so to speak,” he said. “It’s all about how great it comes out when you’re creating something. We can throw anything together; we can put rhymes and beats together easy. But our expectation level is so high, and if we meet our threshold, the world gets to hear what it is. If we don’t, we still need more time together to make it happen. It’s really some TLC, tender love and care, being put into these records. We’ll see what it is.”
Last week, Ice Cube and Dr. Dre were named as defendants in a lawsuit over the death of Terry Carter, who was run over by Suge Knight in February during a promo shoot for Straight Outta Compton.
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