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DJ Yella Of N.W.A. Preps New Book “Straight Outta Compton: My Untold Story”

DJ Yella, a founding member of West Coast rap group N.W.A, along with Ice Cube, Eazy-E, Dr. Dre, MC Ren, and Arabian Prince, has been teasing something for the last couple months on his Instagram page.

With a series of posts alluding to a ‘countdown’ towards an unknown project or event, DJ Yella has had fans of the “The World’s Most Dangerous Group” eager to know what’s coming.

Today, DJ Yella has cleared all of that up with his latest post. As can be seen below, the Rock ‘n Roll Hall of Fame member is prepping the release of his upcoming book, Straight Outta Compton: My Untold Story.

Check out the post from DJ Yella below:

Chad Kiser

Chad M. Kiser is a veteran writer of 15 years with interviews, bylines, and content featured in top media outlets including TMZ, ESPN, Fox News, XXL Magazine, HipHopDX, AllHipHop, The Wall Street Journal, DubCNN, Playboy Magazine, BBC4 Music, VH-1, MTV, LA Weekly, Spin Magazine, Billboard Magazine, and numerous others. Several of his in-depth interviews have been cited in critically acclaimed books such as "The History of Gangster Rap: From Schoolly D to Kendrick Lamar, the Rise of a Great American Art Form", "Original Gangstas: The Untold Story of Dr. Dre, Eazy-E, Ice Cube, Tupac Shakur, and the Birth of West Coast Rap", "Parental Discretion Is Advised: The Rise of N.W.A and the Dawn of Gangsta Rap", "Sounding Race In Rap Songs", "To Live and Defy in LA: How Gangsta Rap Changed America".

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