N.W.A Trivia
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45 free N.W.A trivia questions with answers — music quiz, new questions added Oct 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
Niggaz Wit Attitudes. Radio would barely touch the Compton group, yet it is credited with turning gangsta rap into a national force and putting West Coast hip-hop on the map.
Q 02Which rapper did Dr. Dre sign to his Aftermath label in 1998, launching one of hip-hop's biggest careers?
Eminem
Eminem. The partnership revived Dre's own standing as well: his work on The Marshall Mathers LP won him the Grammy for producer of the year.
Q 03Which N.W.A member wrote most of Eazy-E's solo debut, Eazy-Duz-It, alongside Ice Cube?
MC Ren
MC Ren. With Dr. Dre and DJ Yella building the beats and Ren and Ice Cube supplying the words, Eazy-E's 'solo' album was an N.W.A record in all but name.
Q 04Which 1987 compilation of early singles was N.W.A's first album?
N.W.A. and the Posse
N.W.A. and the Posse. It bundled the group's first singles with tracks by their friends, and two of its songs, '8 Ball' and 'Dope Man', were remade for Straight Outta Compton.
Q 05Roughly how much did it cost to record Straight Outta Compton at Audio Achievements in Torrance?
$12,000
$12,000. Dr. Dre later said he threw the album together in six weeks so the group would have something to sell out of the trunk, and that he still couldn't stand it.
Q 06Ice Cube co-wrote the title track of Straight Outta Compton, but which part of the Los Angeles area was he from?
South Central
South Central. He chose to shout out his bandmates' home town instead, later saying it felt silly yelling 'South Central' when everyone else was yelling 'Compton'.
Q 07Which song prompted an FBI warning letter to N.W.A's label Priority Records in 1989?
Fuck tha Police
Fuck tha Police. The letter backfired: the publicity is thought to have lifted the album's sales, while police forces across the country refused to work security on the group's tour.
Q 08In the mock courtroom that frames N.W.A's most notorious song, which role does Dr. Dre play?
The judge
The judge. 'Judge Dre' presides while his bandmates take the stand as witnesses, though in real life he had hesitated to record the song at all while serving weekends in jail for traffic offences.
Q 09Which early member, pictured on the cover of Straight Outta Compton, had quit N.W.A before the album came out?
Arabian Prince
Arabian Prince. He stands between Ice Cube and DJ Yella in the famous alley photograph, but by the time record buyers saw it he had walked out and gone back to making electro and pop.
Q 10Which hit by the Ruthless girl group J.J. Fad was nominated for the first rap Grammy in 1989?
Supersonic
Supersonic. The gold single put the fledgling label on the map before N.W.A had a hit of its own, and cashing its cheques is said to be why Eazy-E opened his first bank account.
Q 11Why did Ice Cube leave N.W.A in late 1989?
A dispute over royalties
A dispute over royalties. Having written much of the group's breakthrough album, he felt cheated by manager Jerry Heller; the claim was settled out of court in 1990, by which time he was a solo star.
Q 12Which Eazy-E track, written by Ice Cube and produced by Dr. Dre, became the rapper's debut single?
Boyz-n-the-Hood
Boyz-n-the-Hood. It was written for H.B.O., a New York group signed to the label, and only when they turned it down did Eazy-E, coached by his new partners, record it himself.
Q 13Ice Cube recorded his 1990 solo debut AmeriKKKa's Most Wanted in New York with which production team?
The Bomb Squad
Q 21Before N.W.A, Dr. Dre and DJ Yella were members of which electro group?
World Class Wreckin' Cru
World Class Wreckin' Cru. It was a nightclub act, playing electro for dancers at parties across Los Angeles, a long way from the street reporting its two DJs would soon be known for.
Q 22Which company bought Dr. Dre's Beats headphone and streaming business for $3 billion in 2014?
Apple
Apple. It was the largest purchase the company had ever made, and the deal put Dre and his co-founder Jimmy Iovine on Apple's own payroll.
Q 23Eazy-E attended a March 1991 Republican fund-raising lunch in Washington addressed by which politician?
George H. W. Bush
The Bomb Squad. Cube has said he wanted Dr. Dre for the job but N.W.A's manager vetoed it, so he flew east and hired a New York production team instead.
Q 14What was the title of Ice Cube's 1991 diss track answering N.W.A's insults?
No Vaseline
No Vaseline. Cube was answering taunts on the group's last two records, and he spared nobody: the track goes after all four former bandmates and their manager, Jerry Heller.
Q 15On their 1990 EP 100 Miles and Runnin', N.W.A branded the departed Ice Cube with which historical figure's name?
Benedict Arnold
Benedict Arnold. The turncoat's name was thrown at him again on the group's next album, and months later Cube answered both records with a furious track of his own.
Q 16What did N.W.A's album Niggaz4Life do in June 1991, in only its second week on sale?
Topped the Billboard 200
Topped the Billboard 200. It had entered at number two the week before, and it proved to be the group's last album: within a year Dr. Dre had walked out and N.W.A was finished.
Q 17How is the title of Niggaz4Life printed on its cover?
Backwards, to be read in a mirror
Backwards, to be read in a mirror: the cover lettering reads 'Efil4zaggin', which is why the album is often listed under that reversed title.
Q 18Which basketball star's nickname inspired Dr. Dre's stage name?
Julius Erving
Julius Erving. As a teenage club DJ he first billed himself as 'Dr. J', after his favourite player, then blended that nickname with his own first name, Andre.
Q 19Which label did Dr. Dre co-found in the early 1990s after leaving Ruthless Records?
Death Row Records
Death Row Records. The slow, synth-heavy G-funk sound he popularised there came to dominate mainstream hip-hop, yet he walked away in 1996 to start again with Aftermath.
Q 20Which 1992 album, Dr. Dre's solo debut, mocked his former bandmate Eazy-E?
The Chronic
The Chronic. Its hit single 'Dre Day' and the video made for it ridiculed his old partner, and the two went on trading diss records in the years that followed.
George H. W. Bush. The invitation came from Senator Bob Dole, and the rapper's spokesman said he loved the president and thought he had done a great job with the Gulf War.
Q 24Eazy-E died in March 1995, only weeks after being diagnosed with which illness?
AIDS
AIDS. Admitted to hospital with a violent cough in late February, he made the diagnosis public in a statement to his fans on March 16 and died ten days later.
Q 25Who plays Eazy-E in the 2015 biopic Straight Outta Compton?
Jason Mitchell
Jason Mitchell. A newcomer when he was cast, he had the film's hardest job, taking Eazy-E from swaggering label boss to his final illness, and the part became his breakthrough.
Q 26Which Ruthless group, mentored by Eazy-E, dedicated the single 'Tha Crossroads' to his memory?
Bone Thugs-n-Harmony
Bone Thugs-n-Harmony. As unknowns they had bought one-way bus tickets from Cleveland to Los Angeles just to chase an audition with him; their tribute spent eight weeks at number one.
Q 27What was the title of MC Ren's 1992 EP, his first release outside N.W.A?
Kizz My Black Azz
Kizz My Black Azz. It was made without Dr. Dre, and Entertainment Weekly's reviewer, who admired Ren's booming delivery, wrote that the plain backing tracks made him miss his old producer.
Q 28DJ Yella says he made more than 300 of what after leaving music in the 1990s?
Adult films
Adult films. He walked away from music after the death of his friend Eazy-E and spent years as a director instead.
Q 29Which 1990 EP did Ice Cube release months after AmeriKKKa's Most Wanted?
Kill at Will
Kill at Will. Beside the playful 'Jackin' for Beats', built from other rappers' hits, it carried 'Dead Homiez', a mournful song about a murdered friend that showed a side of him N.W.A never had.
Q 30Which rapper inducted N.W.A into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2016?
Kendrick Lamar
Kendrick Lamar. He told the hall how the group had shown a generation of kids what they could become; the honour came only after three earlier nominations had failed.