Editing N.W.A (section)

===Musical legacy===
[[File:Fuck the police very much! (6265498914).jpg|thumb|"Fuck the police" graffiti in [[Cairo]], 2011]]
Although the group disbanded in 1991, it remains one of the greatest and most influential hip-hop groups,<ref name="NWA" /><ref name=":1" /> leaving a lasting legacy on hip hop music in the following decades.<ref name="NWA"/> Its influence, from the use of funky, bass-driven beats to its exaggerated lyrics, was evident throughout the 1990s and even into the present, and is often credited as bridging the white/black American musical lines with its appeal to white Americans in the late 1980s.<ref name=":0">White, Miles (2011). ''From Jim Crow to Jay-Z: Race, Rap and the Performance of Masculinity''. Urbana, IL: University of Illinois Press. pp. 64, 74. {{ISBN|978-0-252-03662-0}}</ref> The group's influence, impact and initial rejection by [[critic]]s and cultural elites was compared to the [[Sex Pistols]] for [[Rock and roll|rock]].<ref>{{Cite book |last=Kennedy |first=Gerrick D. |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=t_euDgAAQBAJ |title=Parental Discretion Is Advised: The Rise of N.W.A and the Dawn of Gangsta Rap |date=2017-12-05 |publisher=Simon and Schuster |isbn=978-1-5011-3493-7 |pages=7 |language=en |access-date=December 24, 2023 |archive-date=May 31, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230531042954/https://books.google.com/books?id=t_euDgAAQBAJ |url-status=live }}</ref>

The first album of the group, ''[[Straight Outta Compton]]'', has been described by Gerrick D. Kennedy as one of the loudest "big bangs" in [[Hip hop music|hip-hop music]] and a "a sonic [[Molotov cocktail]] that ignited a firestorm when it debuted in the summer of 1988".<ref>{{Cite book |last=Kennedy |first=Gerrick D. |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=t_euDgAAQBAJ |title=Parental Discretion Is Advised: The Rise of N.W.A and the Dawn of Gangsta Rap |date=2017-12-05 |publisher=Simon and Schuster |isbn=978-1-5011-3493-7 |pages=6 |language=en |quote=Of the many big bangs that have transformed rap over the decades, N.W.A’s Straight Outta Compton is one of the loudest. It was a sonic Molotov cocktail that ignited a firestorm when it debuted in the summer of 1988. Steered by Dr. Dre and DJ Yella’s dark production and Ice Cube and MC Ren’s striking rhymes, and brought to life by Eazy-E’s wicked charm, the record fused the bombastic sonics of Public Enemy’s production with vicious lyrics that were revolutionary or perverse, depending on whom you asked. |access-date=December 24, 2023 |archive-date=May 31, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230531042954/https://books.google.com/books?id=t_euDgAAQBAJ |url-status=live }}</ref> In 2017, ''Straight Outta Compton'' was selected for preservation in the United States [[National Recording Registry]] by the [[Library of Congress]], who deemed it to be "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant".<ref>{{Cite web |date=March 29, 2016 |title=National Recording Registry Picks Are 'Over the Rainbow' |url=https://www.loc.gov/item/prn-17-029/ |access-date=March 29, 2016 |website=Library of Congress |archive-date=March 29, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170329190218/https://www.loc.gov/item/prn-17-029/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

They were influential in appearance of [[West Coast hip hop|West]] and [[East Coast hip hop]] genres and artists,<ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-02-09 |title=N.W.A {{!}} Pioneers of Gangsta Rap, West Coast Hip-Hop {{!}} Britannica |url=https://www.britannica.com/topic/NWA |access-date=2024-03-04 |website=www.britannica.com |language=en |archive-date=October 27, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201027040534/https://www.britannica.com/topic/NWA |url-status=live }}</ref> as well in development of [[Alternative metal|alternative]] and [[nu metal]] acts such as [[System of a Down]], [[Slipknot (band)|Slipknot]] and [[Korn]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=2018-07-25 |title=System of a Down's Daron Malakian: The Albums That Made Me |url=https://www.revolvermag.com/music/system-down-and-scars-broadways-daron-malakian-albums-made-me |access-date=2024-03-04 |website=Revolver |language=en |archive-date=August 10, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180810010857/https://www.revolvermag.com/music/system-down-and-scars-broadways-daron-malakian-albums-made-me |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Grow |first=Kory |date=2016-03-16 |title=Slipknot Singer Praises N.W.A Rock Hall Induction |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/slipknot-singer-on-n-w-as-rock-hall-induction-thats-rock-roll-233304/ |access-date=2024-03-04 |magazine=Rolling Stone |language=en-US |archive-date=March 18, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160318222727/https://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/slipknot-singer-on-n-w-as-rock-hall-induction-thats-rock-roll-20160316 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Connick |first=Tom |date=2017-05-09 |title=20 years of nu-metal: the rise, fall and revival of rock's most maligned offshoot |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2017/may/09/20-years-nu-metal-rap-rock-korn-kerrang |access-date=2024-03-04 |work=The Guardian |language=en-GB |issn=0261-3077 |archive-date=May 9, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170509150214/https://www.theguardian.com/music/2017/may/09/20-years-nu-metal-rap-rock-korn-kerrang |url-status=live }}</ref>