When Kendrick Lamar arrives this Friday evening at a cavernous photo studio in the flatlands of industrial Hollywood, he’s 30 minutes early. And the occasion has been nearly 25 years in the making: Lamar, 28, is here to interview the four living members of N.W.A for their first magazine cover together since Ice Cube went solo in 1991 and the group collapsed into a famously bitter feud. Eazy-E died in 1995, at 31. But today, Lamar meets with four men who defined his hometown of Compton, Calif., as a cradle of politically engaged, uncompromisingly hardcore hip-hop. Read more…

Before the actual awards kicked off, the iconic N.W.A. reunited minus Dr. Dre unfortunately. The timing was on point with N.W.A.: Straight Outta Compton film about to drop worldwide. Above check out performances of “Chin Check,” “Hello,” “Straight Outta Compton,” and of course “Fuck The Police.” Check it out above and hopefully we get the actual footage soon!