50 free N.W.A trivia questions with answers — music quiz, new questions added Aug 2026.
40 free N.W.A trivia questions with answers. N.W.A were only active from 1987 to 1991, and this quiz covers every year of it and everything that came after. Forty questions on the group from Compton: how Eazy-E and Jerry Heller built Ruthless Records, the $12,000 album that got a letter from the FBI, why Arabian Prince and then Ice Cube walked, the answer records, Efil4zaggin's chart first, Dre's move to Death Row, Eazy-E's death, and the reunions, inductions and biopic that followed. It starts with questions anyone who has heard 'Straight Outta Compton' can answer (the members, the city, the label) and works up to details for real heads: which member's father was a radio host, who produced J.J. Fad, how many adult films DJ Yella says he made, and how long a British jury took to clear the last album. Free to use for a hip-hop quiz night. Every answer was checked against Wikipedia's articles on the group, its members, its albums and the film, and each question carries its source. No recycled listicle errors.
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Q 01What does the abbreviation N.W.A stand for?
Niggaz Wit Attitudes
The group formed in Compton in 1987 and was active for just four years.
Q 02Which member co-founded Ruthless Records with manager Jerry Heller and assembled the group?
Eazy-E
He is often called the Godfather of Gangsta Rap.
Q 03Which member joined last, in mid-1988, as the sixth man?
MC Ren
He was a childhood friend of Eazy-E and had already written much of Eazy-Duz-It.
Q 04What was the group's first release, a 1987 compilation that reached number 39 on the R&B chart?
N.W.A. and the Posse
Their official debut, Straight Outta Compton, followed the next year.
Q 05Roughly how much did it cost to record Straight Outta Compton at Audio Achievements in Torrance?
$12,000
Dre said he threw it together in six weeks so they would have something to sell out of the trunk.
Q 06How many copies had Straight Outta Compton sold when it was certified triple platinum in 2015?
Three million
It got there with almost no radio play and an MTV ban on the title track's video.
Q 07Which song prompted an FBI warning letter to Ruthless and Priority Records in 1989?
Fuck tha Police
Milt Ahlerich's letter cited 78 officers slain in the line of duty in 1988; it now hangs in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.
Q 08The FBI-baiting track is structured as a mock trial. Who plays the judge?
Dr. Dre
Australia's Triple J was the only station in the world to play it, for six months, before management pulled it.
Q 09Which station was the only one in the world to play that track in 1989 before being forced to stop?
Triple J, Australia
ABC management banned it after political pressure.
Q 10Which member left in January 1989, just before Straight Outta Compton, over royalties?
Arabian Prince
He had produced J.J. Fad's hit 'Supersonic' and was left out of the 2015 biopic entirely.
Q 11Which pop-rap hit did the departed member produce for the group J.J. Fad?
Supersonic
Its success on Ruthless helped fund the label's early days.
Q 12Why did Ice Cube leave N.W.A in late 1989?
A dispute over royalties
He had written almost half the lyrics on Straight Outta Compton.
Q 13Which Eazy-E track, written by Ice Cube and produced by Dre, helped establish gangsta rap in California?
Boyz-n-the-Hood
Cube wrote it while studying architectural drafting at the Phoenix Institute of Technology.
Q 21Which 1992 Death Row release, Dre's solo debut, opened the feud with Eazy-E?
The Chronic
Its single 'Fuck Wit Dre Day' fired the first shot; Eazy answered with It's On (Dr. Dre) 187um Killa.
Q 22Before N.W.A, Dr. Dre and DJ Yella were members of which electro group?
World Class Wreckin' Cru
They released a debut album on Kru-Cut in 1985.
Q 23How much did Apple pay for Dr. Dre's Beats brand in 2014?
$3.4 billion
Jimmy Iovine had earlier persuaded Dre to sign a white rapper from Detroit named Eminem.
Q 14Ice Cube recorded his 1990 solo debut AmeriKKKa's Most Wanted in New York with which production team?
The Bomb Squad
They were Public Enemy's producers.
Q 15What was the title of Ice Cube's 1991 diss track answering N.W.A's insults?
No Vaseline
It responded to the 100 Miles and Runnin' EP and Niggaz4Life calling him a traitor.
Q 16The video for the group's 1990 single '100 Miles and Runnin'' showed the remaining members where?
In a jail cell
It was Dr. Dre's last uptempo production before he turned to the slower G-funk sound.
Q 17What chart milestone did the group's 1991 release Niggaz4Life achieve?
First gangsta rap LP to top the Billboard 200
It debuted at number two and hit number one in its second week, allegedly on 954,000 first-week sales.
Q 18How is the title of Niggaz4Life printed on its cover?
Backwards, to be read in a mirror
That is why it is often listed as Efil4zaggin.
Q 19How long did a British jury take to clear N.W.A of obscenity charges over Niggaz4Life?
Fifteen minutes
Thousands of copies had been seized under the Obscene Publications Act.
Q 20Which label did Dr. Dre help found after leaving Ruthless in 1991?
Death Row Records
Suge Knight got Eazy-E to release Dre from his contract; Aftermath came later, in 1996.
Q 24In March 1991 Eazy-E controversially attended a lunch hosted by which US president?
George H. W. Bush
It was a benefit for the Republican Senatorial Inner Circle.
Q 25How long after his AIDS diagnosis did Eazy-E die, on March 26, 1995?
One month
He was 30; he and MC Ren had patched up their feud shortly before on the duet 'Tha Muthaphukkin' Real'.
Q 26According to Jerry Heller, how many children did Eazy-E have?
Eleven, with eight women
He also mentored Bone Thugs-n-Harmony, who dedicated 'Tha Crossroads' to him.
Q 27Which Ruthless group, mentored by Eazy-E, dedicated the single 'Tha Crossroads' to his memory?
Bone Thugs-n-Harmony
He is often called the Godfather of Gangsta Rap.
Q 28MC Ren's 1992 solo EP went platinum within two months without radio play. What was it called?
Kizz My Black Azz
The next year he joined the Nation of Islam as Lorenzo X.
Q 29After his music career, DJ Yella says he produced more than 300 of what?
Adult films
His only studio album, One Mo Nigga ta Go (1996), was dedicated to Eazy-E.
Q 30Which member is described as the least vocal but longest-lasting member of the group?
DJ Yella
He reportedly got along with Eazy-E better than anyone else in the group.