I still DJ the same way, but I'm not a scratch-scratch-scratch battle DJ. No, I'll rock the house. I'm old school. — DJ Yella Battle Copy Share Image
We never even thought about a Hall of Fame. We never even thought about a gold record, tell you the truth. — DJ Yella Even Copy Share Image
We didn't know anything about publishing. The first go-around we didn't make a nickel. — DJ Yella About Copy Share Image
You know, I wasn't a rapper, never wanted to be a rapper. That wasn't my style. — DJ Yella Know Copy Share Image
The early '90s was the best time for hip-hop. The Cube's, the Snoop's, the Dre's - that was a golden time with… — DJ Yella Best Copy Share Image
When we broke up, the group was Number One on the Billboard chart. I mean, groups don't break up at Number One.… — DJ Yella Billboard Copy Share Image
Most of our songs were just talking about what we had seen in the ghetto. We weren't thinking, 'Oh, this is going… — DJ Yella Ghetto Copy Share Image
Me and Dre go back so far - a long 30 years - even before N.W.A. The way we talk to each… — DJ Yella Big Copy Share Image
Me and Dre did all, from Wreckin' Cru to Ruthless, all that. We started making songs first... back then it was the… — DJ Yella Back Copy Share Image
When we were doing music, that's how we did-we just did it for the music. We weren't thinking about money, we weren't… — DJ Yella Fame Copy Share Image
I made adult films for over 12 years. Apart from the directing aspect, I did all of it - the filming, the… — DJ Yella Cinema Copy Share Image
If we did another tour, we probably would have stuck together. But a lot of little things happened with people coming in… — DJ Yella Behind the scenes Copy Share Image
Cops are doing crazy things now, and they catching theyselves; bodycams, carcams. But until they really start giving these cops time -… — DJ Yella Cops Copy Share Image
Before the L.A. riots, I'd only heard of the original Watts riots. But I'd also seen violence like that close up, but… — DJ Yella Close Copy Share Image
When Run-DMC came to the club, we saw how simple their show was - wasn't even a 10-minute show - and we,… — DJ Yella Club Copy Share Image
The first time I saw the Rodney King video, I remember thinking, 'Wow, these cops just got 100 years in jail.' Obviously… — DJ Yella First time Copy Share Image
Dre was a person who could see ahead of the beat. He could see the beat before it was even there. He's… — DJ Yella Ahead Copy Share Image
When I graduated from high school, I became a DJ in a club, a local hang-out called Eve After Dark. — DJ Yella Dark Copy Share Image
Growing up, you always heard of cops beating people up behind buildings and letting them go. Now they just shoot them. — DJ Yella Always Copy Share Image
It's true, we grew up in a ghetto. To us it wasn't too bad, but the police brutality was like that. You… — DJ Yella Bad Copy Share Image
The truth is that there wasn't much competition. There was the East and the West, but there was really no West before… — DJ Yella Competition Copy Share Image
When we were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, I asked the guy who runs it, 'How many people… — DJ Yella Fame Copy Share Image
I don't see the violence stopping, from the L.A. riots 25 years ago to the Baltimore riots from 2015 to today -… — DJ Yella Jail Copy Share Image
We broke up in '91, but we didn't fade out, we didn't burn ourselves out, we were on pause for 26 years.… — DJ Yella Burn Copy Share Image
