Why NWA's provocative 80s rap became an anthem | BBC Global

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NWA's landmark album Straight Outta Compton was released on 8 August 1988, bringing the sound of gangsta rap to mainstream America.

In History revisits an interview with the young rap crew as they tried to deal with the success and fallout of the record.

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