N.W.A was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame on Fri, April 8, 2016.

The iv living members of the notorious rap group, Dr. Dre, Ice Cube, MC Ren, and DJ Yella, too as, the late Eazy-E'z mother, were on manus at the Brooklyn'due south Barclays Eye at their induction ceremony.

The grouping got some support from Kendrick Lamar who is also from Compton. Lamar has been 1 of the biggest names in rap music over the last two years.

"Are we rock and roll?" Water ice Cube said during his heartfelt speech. "I say, you goddamn correct nosotros rock and roll. Rock and roll is not an instrument. Stone and gyre is not even a way of music. Rock and roll is a spirit. It's a spirit that's been going since the blues, jazz, bebop, soul, R&B, rock and roll, heavy metal, punk rock, and yes, hip-hop. What connects u.s. all is that spirit. Rock and roll is non conforming to the people who came before you lot, but creating your own path in music and in life. That is stone and curl and that is u.s.a.."

NWA Rock and Roll Hall of Fame

The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame ceremony volition exist aired on HBO on April xxx. Kendrick also gave a resounding spoken language while defining the true meaning of "gangster."

"Being gangster symbolizes a hustle that you can change your reality," Lamar explains. "The true pregnant of gangster, being able to testify what information technology takes to be the globe's biggest music grouping. Being gangster is forming iconic labels: Ruthless Records, Death Row, Aftermath Records. Being gangster is breaking out to become a moving picture star, a film producer, and having your own son play y'all every bit a retrospect to your career, Straight Outta Compton.

Watch Kendrick Lamar, Dr. Dre, Water ice Cube and others spoken language below.