Born and Raised in Compton Tributes and Anthems

MCs paying tribute to the CPT.

N.W.A - “Straight Outta Compton,” Straight Outta Compton (1988) - The title track to the group’s debut album doubly served as an introduction of N.W.A to the world. It also set the tone for a group that would get the conversation started on music censorship in the U.S. a couple of years later. The title alone has proven to live on by itself, as it became the title to one of the biggest films of 2015 based on the group’s ascent to super stardom.(Photo: Ruthless/Priority Records)
Compton's Most Wanted – 'This Is Compton' (1990) - Chill and MC Eiht helped spread the CPT's notoriety with their It's a Compton Thang debut and named their group after their hometown. Eiht laid down the welcome mat spitting, "I'm from Compton, so you should know the deal/ Ballers, skeezers, no age limit matters/ Loced-out muthaf****s make the one time scatter/ Toe to toe, draw my mic and start dumping/ It's the down MC Eiht, and fool, this is Compton."(Photo: Orpheus Records)
The Game Featuring 50 Cent – 'Hate It or Love It'  - Game walked away with a No. 1 single on the Billboard R&B/ Hip Hop Charts after telling his story about growing up in the gang-infested city. His blood lines included, "Believe you me homie, I know all about losses/ I'm from Compton, wear the wrong colors, be cautious/ One phone call y'all have your body dumped in Marcy/ I stay strapped like car seats, been banging." (Photo: Mike Windle/Getty Images for Equinox)
Kendrick Lamar Featuring Dr. Dre – 'Compton' - Dre officially passed the torch to his lil homie here and Compton finally got a new look thanks to the good kid, m.A.A.d city creator.With no city quite like theirs, Kendrick reinvents his town's character, spitting, "And I mastered being the master at dodging your honor/ And the chapter that read at 25 I would live dormant like five in the morning/ They raid your spot while Kendrick's performing/ And if they take everything, know I got...Compton, Compton, ain't no city quite like mine."(Photo: Tim P. Whitby/Getty Images)Guerilla Black Featuring Beenie Man – 'Compton' (2004) - Guerilla Black teamed with Beenie Man for his 2004 single as CPT got a dancehall uplift. While Guerilla Black let you know about the infamous streets he came from, the reggae-tinged chorus set it off with, "Cause I'm a bad man/ Guerilla Black comes from Compton/ And Beanie Man is a Jamaican/ Sending my message across the nation."(Photos from left: Mark Davis/Getty Images for BET, Brock Miller / Splash News)

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Compton's Most Wanted – 'This Is Compton' (1990) - Chill and MC Eiht helped spread the CPT's notoriety with their It's a Compton Thang debut and named their group after their hometown. Eiht laid down the welcome mat spitting, "I'm from Compton, so you should know the deal/ Ballers, skeezers, no age limit matters/ Loced-out muthaf****s make the one time scatter/ Toe to toe, draw my mic and start dumping/ It's the down MC Eiht, and fool, this is Compton."(Photo: Orpheus Records)

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