N.W.A. were the first great rap audio documentarians of the problems in our inner cities. — Jerry Heller Copy Share Image
N.W.A were the audio-documentarians of their time. They were trying to shock people with the violence of their language and the subjects they were talking about. The fact that they dressed in guerilla outfits like the Black Panthers made them… — Jerry Heller Copy Share Image
N.W.A had something in common with the Rolling Stones and MC5 and groups like that: the voice of rebellion. It's rebellion against your parents.… — Jerry Heller Copy Share Image
I'm the boogeyman used to scare South Central kids when they tell ghost stories. — Jerry Heller Copy Share Image
I just loved Amy Winehouse. I would rather have managed her than anybody in the world. To me, it was like the first time… — Jerry Heller Copy Share Image
I don't want to be judged next to guys like Suge Knight. I want to be measured next to David Geffen, Irving Azoff, and… — Jerry Heller Copy Share Image
I grew up in that era of Hendrix and Joplin and The Doors, and the Summer of Love and Haight-Ashbury, and even the Panthers.… — Jerry Heller Copy Share Image
Gangsta rap was the most important movement since the beginning of rock n' roll. — Jerry Heller Copy Share Image
My dad wasn't a gangster, and he wasn't a criminal, but he sure liked to rub padded shoulders with them. — Jerry Heller Copy Share Image
There are two kinds of people in the entertainment industry: Those that close deals and those that don't. — Jerry Heller Copy Share Image
The problem of the Panthers is that they scared people. The music of N.W.A didn't scare people; it taught people what it was like… — Jerry Heller Copy Share Image
“Ghetto denizens are supposed to stay put. That’s what the ghetto is for. Straight Outta Compton was a jailbreak.” — Jerry Heller Copy Share Image
