N.W.A.: Shot By Both Sides
Push, Melody Maker, 4 November 1989
IN THEIR SHORT CAREER THE RAPPERS HAVE BEEN INVESTIGATED BY THE FBI, CONDEMNED BY THE CONGRESS FOR RACIAL EOUALITY, BANNED BY TV AND RADIO AND ARRESTED MOST EVERYWHERE THEY TRY AND PLAY. THEIR DEBUT ALBUM, STRAIGHT OUTTA COMPTON HAS ALSO GONE DOUBLE PLATINUM, DESPITE SONGS LIKE 'F*** THA POLICE'. PUSH TALKS TO ICE CUBE AND MC REN, WHO WAS RECENTLY WOUNDED IN A GANGLAND MACHINE GUN ATTACK, AND FINDS OUT WHY THE RAPPERS HAVE BECOME THE MOST WANTED BAND IN AMERICA.
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