One of N.W.A.'s founding fathers has conflicting feelings about the biopic Straight Outta Compton. MC Ren (played by Aldis Hodge in the hit film) is treated as a side character, with Compton focusing ...

When it comes to hardcore rappers it doesn't get much harder than MC Ren. The former N.W.A member turns 46 years old today (June 14). Since then, Dr. Dre became one of the greatest producers of all ...

Everyone who is familiar with hip-hop is aware that once in awhile, artists occasionally play the role of ghostwriters, no fault to them at all. In the case of N.W.A., two of the group's most famous ...

After a 10-year hiatus, NWA founding member MC Ren has confirmed plans to release his fifth studio album exclusively through the Internet, the rapper told AllHipHop.com. Although appearing on projects ...

Ice Cube is reuniting with MC Ren and DJ Yella to perform N.W.A songs for the first time in 20 years. The three will perform during the BET Experience show at Los Angeles’ Staples Center on June 27.

“That dude is real arrogant," MC Ren said to Rolling Stone, adding, "It’s like, how he’s looking at us, how he know that people before him in rock & roll don’t look at him like that? How he know the ...

Lorenzo Patterson, better known as MC Ren, turned the rap world upside down as a member of the gangster-rap pioneering group known as N.W.A. While fellow members Eazy-E, Ice Cube and Dr. Dre had a ...

Recruited by Eazy-E for N.W.A., MC Ren helped anchor the group, and went on to solo success on Eazy's Ruthless Records label. Though not a household name like compatriots Ice Cube and Dr. Dre, Ren ...

This past weekend, N.W.A‘s four surviving members made music together for the first time since 1989 at Coachella. “It was dope, man,” MC Ren tells Rolling Stone. “We had fun. It felt like old times.

Today, June 16, marks the 49th birthday of hip-hop veteran MC Ren. A driving force behind the legendary N.W.A, MC Ren first got his start as a solo artist on Eazy-E's Ruthless Records. The rapper's ...