Lorenzo Patterson gets no respect. No respect at all. The rapper better known as MC Ren was the Ringo of N.W.A., except he doesn't even have the legions of contrarian drum nerds to champion him. With ...

"Why do I call myself a nigga, ya ask me?" MC Ren muses on "Niggaz 4 Life," the title-track from EFIL4ZAGGIN, N.W.A.'s explosive sophomore LP. The album came at a time when hip-hop culture was ...

MC Ren of the legendary Hip-Hop crew N.W.A. says he's been working new music with Ice Cube and has plans to work with DJ Premier.

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 ...

“Straight Outta Compton,” Universal’s biopic chronicling the rise of the groundbreaking gangsta-rap group N.W.A, has cast Aldis Hodge as MC Ren and Neil Brown Jr. as DJ Yella, the studio announced ...

“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 ...

Watch a film clip from "Straight Outta Compton," starring O'Shea Jackson Jr., Corey Hawkins and Jason Mitchell. Photo: Universal Pictures In O’Shea Jackson’s teenage dreams of hip-hop stardom, he was ...

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 ...