Original Gangstas: The Untold Story of Dr. Dre, Eazy-E, Ice Cube, Tupac Shakur, and the Birth of West Coast Rap

A history of West Coast hip-hop and rap traces the efforts of then-unknown artists including Eazy-E, Dr. Dre, Ice Cube, Snoop Dogg and Tupac Shakur to work through challenges ranging from drugs and gangs to corruption and racism to create their generation’s defining music movement. 50,000 first printing.