MC Ren was at the beginning signed as a solo artist to Eazy-E's Ruthless Records, while still attending high school in 1987. However, when Ice Cube went to study for a year, Ren was asked to write songs for Eazy-E's debut album Eazy-Duz-It. After having written more than the half of the album, MC Ren was added to the group and they immediately started on the N.W.A album Straight Outta Compton. In only four weeks and a budget of 8,000 dollars the album was finished and released in the summer of 1988. Propelled by the hit "Fuck tha Police", the album became a major success, despite an almost complete absence of radio airplay or major concert tours. The Federal Bureau of Investigation sent Ruthless Records a warning letter in response to the song's content. One month after Straight Outta Compton, Eazy-E's solo debut Eazy-Duz-It was released. The album was dominated by Eazy's persona—MC Ren was the only guest rapper—but behind the scenes it was a group effort. Music was handled by Dr. Dre and DJ Yella; the lyrics were largely written by MC Ren, with contributions from Ice Cube and The D.O.C.. Following Ice Cube's departure from the group in 1989, N.W.A quickly released the EP 100 Miles and Runnin'. Ice Cube, who by then had released his debut solo album avoided mentioning his former group mates. However, N.W.A would diss Ice Cube on their EP, in the title track and the song "Real Niggaz", accusing him of cowardice, and question his authenticity, longevity and originality. All lyrics were written by MC Ren, with contributions by The D.O.C. The group's second full-length album Niggaz4Life was released the next year. Selling 954,000 copies in the first week, it became the first rap album to enter number one on the Billboard charts. This album would become the group's final, seeing that Dr. Dre left the group over money disputes with the manager Jerry Heller. -Information from Wikipedia
Position Today
Rapper/Producer
Before leaving Ruthless Records, Ren released Ruthless for Life in 1998 which proved a small comeback, selling moderately well. The album features fellow N.W.A member Ice Cube, Snoop Dogg, RBX and 8Ball & MJG among others. This was the first time MC Ren worked with new producers. By the end of 1998, MC Ren had left Ruthless Records. In 2009, MC Ren released his fourth studio album entitled Renincarnated, which was released under his own record label Villain Entertainment on October 31, 2009. Renincarnated was only released in the US. MC Ren is working on his second EP, titled Rebel Music. It is expected to be released by the end of 2015. So far two singles have been released: the title track, "Rebel Music", and "Burn Radio Burn". The official remix for "Rebel Music" was released in June 2014 and features fellow N.W.A member Ice Cube. The official remix for "Burn Radio Burn" is expected to released soon and features Chuck D of Public Enemy. The whole EP is set to be produced by E-A-Ski. -Information from Wikipedia
