Born and Raised in Compton Tributes and Anthems

MCs paying tribute to the CPT.

Straight Outta Compton - Compton, aka Hub City, forever became entrenched in hip hop culture when NWA stomped straight out of it in 1988 and made the world respect the West Coast and gangsta rap. With the CPT's native sons gearing to release their biopic nationwide on Friday, let's take a look at anthems and tributes recorded by some of Compton's finest, showing love for their 'hood and origins of reality rap. —Michael Harris (@IceBlueVA)(Photos from left: Tim P. Whitby/Getty Images, Ruthless/Priority Records, Kevin Winter/Getty Images)

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Straight Outta Compton - Compton, aka Hub City, forever became entrenched in hip hop culture when NWA stomped straight out of it in 1988 and made the world respect the West Coast and gangsta rap. With the CPT's native sons gearing to release their biopic nationwide on Friday, let's take a look at anthems and tributes recorded by some of Compton's finest, showing love for their 'hood and origins of reality rap. —Michael Harris (@IceBlueVA)(Photos from left: Tim P. Whitby/Getty Images, Ruthless/Priority Records, Kevin Winter/Getty Images)

DJ Quik – 'Born and Raised in Compton' (1991) - DJ Quik let everyone know where he was from when he dropped his first single from his 1990 debut, Quik Is the Name. Holding down his blocks, he flexed:"Sometimes I have to wear a bulletproof vest/ Because I got the 'CPT' sign written across my chest/ A funky dope brother never ceases to impress/ My name is DJ Quik, so you can f**k the rest."(Photo: Koi Sojer, PacificCoastNews.com)

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DJ Quik – 'Born and Raised in Compton' (1991) - DJ Quik let everyone know where he was from when he dropped his first single from his 1990 debut, Quik Is the Name. Holding down his blocks, he flexed:"Sometimes I have to wear a bulletproof vest/ Because I got the 'CPT' sign written across my chest/ A funky dope brother never ceases to impress/ My name is DJ Quik, so you can f**k the rest."(Photo: Koi Sojer, PacificCoastNews.com)

Game featuring Will.I.Am – 'Compton' (2006) - Game name checked his city with an assist from will.I.am back in 2006. Proclaiming his reign as the King of the West Coast after dropping Doctor's Advocate, he waved the flag high with, "Walking through Compton, Eazy still alive/ Raider hat to the back throw your dubs in the sky/ My flowetry wicked, sit back while I kick it/ And do it like Dre did it, NWA did it.""(Photos from left: Noam Galai/Getty Images for Global Citizen, DVSIL / iPhotoLive.com/WENN.com)

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Game featuring Will.I.Am – 'Compton' (2006) - Game name checked his city with an assist from will.I.am back in 2006. Proclaiming his reign as the King of the West Coast after dropping Doctor's Advocate, he waved the flag high with, "Walking through Compton, Eazy still alive/ Raider hat to the back throw your dubs in the sky/ My flowetry wicked, sit back while I kick it/ And do it like Dre did it, NWA did it.""(Photos from left: Noam Galai/Getty Images for Global Citizen, DVSIL / iPhotoLive.com/WENN.com)

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)

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N.W.A – 'Straight Outta Compton' (1988) - NWA made their home turf world renowned when they gave a first hand look at the streets of Los Angeles with their debut album and title track. By their one-sided description you'd think twice before entering, as Eazy-E depicted:"Straight outta Compton/ Is a brother that'll smother your mother/ And make your sister think I love her/ Dangerous motherf****r raising hell/ And if I ever get caught, I make bail/ See I don't give a f**k, that's the problem/ I see a motherf*****g cop, I don't dodge him."(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)

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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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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)

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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)

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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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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)

MC Ren – 'Voyage to Compton' (1998) - The Villain in Black slowed it down over a reworking of the Isley Brother's "Voyage to Atlantis" and paid tribute to the city that made him. Not forgetting where he came from, Ren expressed, "CPT, I'm straight out, that's my muthaf*****g heart/ You can't tear me apart, they gave a n***a a start."(Photo: Kevin Winter/Getty Images)

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MC Ren – 'Voyage to Compton' (1998) - The Villain in Black slowed it down over a reworking of the Isley Brother's "Voyage to Atlantis" and paid tribute to the city that made him. Not forgetting where he came from, Ren expressed, "CPT, I'm straight out, that's my muthaf*****g heart/ You can't tear me apart, they gave a n***a a start."(Photo: Kevin Winter/Getty Images)

Kendrick Lamar – 'Compton State of Mind' (2013) - Kendrick flipped Jigga and Alicia Keys's "Empire State of Mind" and gave a rundown of his beloved CPT when this previously unreleased track popped up on the mixtape scene in 2013. Telling a story of two cities intertwined, his views are:"Me I'm from the Hub City/ Yeah that Compton court building/  Caught a murder when his homie died/ Judge caught feelings /I'm on Rosecrans chilling right inside best outlest/ Five dollar Little Caesar Momma shopped at Food For Less/... Me I'm just a good kid trying to keep it neutral/ But I'm well aware that a square can get shot too/ Most Crip and some Piru thats just how the game go/ Hood on every corner stop for gas and get your brains blown."(Photo: Tim P. Whitby/Getty Images)

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Kendrick Lamar – 'Compton State of Mind' (2013) - Kendrick flipped Jigga and Alicia Keys's "Empire State of Mind" and gave a rundown of his beloved CPT when this previously unreleased track popped up on the mixtape scene in 2013. Telling a story of two cities intertwined, his views are:"Me I'm from the Hub City/ Yeah that Compton court building/  Caught a murder when his homie died/ Judge caught feelings /I'm on Rosecrans chilling right inside best outlest/ Five dollar Little Caesar Momma shopped at Food For Less/... Me I'm just a good kid trying to keep it neutral/ But I'm well aware that a square can get shot too/ Most Crip and some Piru thats just how the game go/ Hood on every corner stop for gas and get your brains blown."(Photo: Tim P. Whitby/Getty Images)

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DJ Quik – 'Jus Lyke Compton' (1992) - Quik paid homage to his native city once again when he gave a detailed look of how hoods in America are basically all the same on his 1992 hit. If you didn't know, "Compton was the home of a foot in yo a**."(Photo: AdMedia / Splash News)

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DJ Quik – 'Jus Lyke Compton' (1992) - Quik paid homage to his native city once again when he gave a detailed look of how hoods in America are basically all the same on his 1992 hit. If you didn't know, "Compton was the home of a foot in yo a**."(Photo: AdMedia / Splash News)

MC Ren – 'CPT All Day' (1998) - Putting it down for the Hub City, Ren wouldn't let anyone forget who busted gangsta rap wide open and reminded us," In this rap s**t Compton n****s all pro/ That street shit, yall n****s know who made the best /Compton n****s holding down the whole f*****g west."(Photo: Ruthless Records / Epic Records)

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MC Ren – 'CPT All Day' (1998) - Putting it down for the Hub City, Ren wouldn't let anyone forget who busted gangsta rap wide open and reminded us," In this rap s**t Compton n****s all pro/ That street shit, yall n****s know who made the best /Compton n****s holding down the whole f*****g west."(Photo: Ruthless Records / Epic Records)

Eazy-E Featuring BG Knocc Out  and Dresta – 'Real Muthaphuckkin G's / Real Compton City G's' - Eazy stayed repping for the CPT and called Dr. Dre's street credentials into question on this ruthless diss record. Reworking the title for radio play, the message was still the same. "The fact that the b**h is simply just an actor/ Who mastered the bang and the slang and the mental/ Of n****s in Compton, Watts, and South Central/ Never ever once have you ran with the turf/ But yet in every verse claim you used to do the dirt."(Photo: CORBIS)

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Eazy-E Featuring BG Knocc Out  and Dresta – 'Real Muthaphuckkin G's / Real Compton City G's' - Eazy stayed repping for the CPT and called Dr. Dre's street credentials into question on this ruthless diss record. Reworking the title for radio play, the message was still the same. "The fact that the b**h is simply just an actor/ Who mastered the bang and the slang and the mental/ Of n****s in Compton, Watts, and South Central/ Never ever once have you ran with the turf/ But yet in every verse claim you used to do the dirt."(Photo: CORBIS)

King Tee – 'Act a Fool' (1988) - Pioneering Compton emcee King Tee gave one of the first looks of how it goes down in his city with his debut, Act a Fool. The title cut's wild night out kicked off with him stating, "Now I'm driving down Compton on my way to get Aladdin/ Feeling like a pimp 'til my tape started dragging." (Photo: Paul Archuleta/FilmMagic)

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King Tee – 'Act a Fool' (1988) - Pioneering Compton emcee King Tee gave one of the first looks of how it goes down in his city with his debut, Act a Fool. The title cut's wild night out kicked off with him stating, "Now I'm driving down Compton on my way to get Aladdin/ Feeling like a pimp 'til my tape started dragging." (Photo: Paul Archuleta/FilmMagic)

NWA – "Compton 'n the House" (1988) - Ren, Dre and Eazy repped for their city throughout their groundbreaking debut and confessed that their goal all along was to give their hometown some shine. With their city's name blaring throughout the hook, Dre's orders were, "Compton's in the house/ Yeah, it's time to put Compton on the map, Don't ever think you can get none, You stupid muthaf****s"(Photo: Raymond Boyd/Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images)

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NWA – "Compton 'n the House" (1988) - Ren, Dre and Eazy repped for their city throughout their groundbreaking debut and confessed that their goal all along was to give their hometown some shine. With their city's name blaring throughout the hook, Dre's orders were, "Compton's in the house/ Yeah, it's time to put Compton on the map, Don't ever think you can get none, You stupid muthaf****s"(Photo: Raymond Boyd/Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images)

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Dr. Dre Featuring Snoop Dogg – 'Nuthin' But a G Thang' (1992) - The music industry has been in trouble since Compton and Long Beach got together and Dre and Snoop permeated the CPT's sound: "It's gotta be bumping, city of Compton."(Photo: Christopher Polk/Getty Images for Coachella)

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Dr. Dre Featuring Snoop Dogg – 'Nuthin' But a G Thang' (1992) - The music industry has been in trouble since Compton and Long Beach got together and Dre and Snoop permeated the CPT's sound: "It's gotta be bumping, city of Compton."(Photo: Christopher Polk/Getty Images for Coachella)

DJ Mustard – 'Bompton' (2013) - YG raised his hood flag and repped for his set on his hood anthem "Bompton." The Blood MC flipped, "N***a I'm from Bompton...And yo' homies don't like me cause they know where I'm from/ N***a I'm from Bompton/ I be really in the hood though/ Mama never understood though." (Photo: Neilson Barnard/Getty Images for BMI)

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DJ Mustard – 'Bompton' (2013) - YG raised his hood flag and repped for his set on his hood anthem "Bompton." The Blood MC flipped, "N***a I'm from Bompton...And yo' homies don't like me cause they know where I'm from/ N***a I'm from Bompton/ I be really in the hood though/ Mama never understood though." (Photo: Neilson Barnard/Getty Images for BMI)

B.G. Knocc Out and Gangsta Dresta (1995) - Ruthless Records and Eazy-E released B.G. Knocc Out and Gangsta Dresta's street tales Real Brothers in 1995, which featured the West Coast jam paying homage to the city known for putting gangsta rap on the map.Packing heat and rocking the mic at the same time, B.G. confessed, "Wack MC's I knock them out the box/ You can go kick a** or either get your a** kicked/ Steady packing my chrome/ And I'm known, for hoo banging/ BG Knocc Out, I got clout/ And I'm Compton swingin."(Photo: Def Jam / Outburst Records)

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B.G. Knocc Out and Gangsta Dresta (1995) - Ruthless Records and Eazy-E released B.G. Knocc Out and Gangsta Dresta's street tales Real Brothers in 1995, which featured the West Coast jam paying homage to the city known for putting gangsta rap on the map.Packing heat and rocking the mic at the same time, B.G. confessed, "Wack MC's I knock them out the box/ You can go kick a** or either get your a** kicked/ Steady packing my chrome/ And I'm known, for hoo banging/ BG Knocc Out, I got clout/ And I'm Compton swingin."(Photo: Def Jam / Outburst Records)

Compton's Most Wanted – 'Born and Raised in Compton' - MC Eiht's representation of Compton was so real that Kendrick called up his O.G. to kick his war stories on "m.A.A.d city." Eiht has a history of dropping rhymes representing his beloved CPT as evidenced on "Raised in Compton" when he spit:"Compton is the place that I touched down/ I opened my eyes to realize I was dark brown/ And right there in the ghetto that color costs/ Brothers smothered by the streets meaning we're lost/ I grew up in a place where it was go for your own/ Don't get caught after dark roaming the danger zone."(Photo: SunOfHollywood.com / Splash News)

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Compton's Most Wanted – 'Born and Raised in Compton' - MC Eiht's representation of Compton was so real that Kendrick called up his O.G. to kick his war stories on "m.A.A.d city." Eiht has a history of dropping rhymes representing his beloved CPT as evidenced on "Raised in Compton" when he spit:"Compton is the place that I touched down/ I opened my eyes to realize I was dark brown/ And right there in the ghetto that color costs/ Brothers smothered by the streets meaning we're lost/ I grew up in a place where it was go for your own/ Don't get caught after dark roaming the danger zone."(Photo: SunOfHollywood.com / Splash News)

Album of the Year –  Kendrick Lamar, good kid, m.A.A.d city - good kid, m.A.A.d city set the tone for Kendrick Lamar's rule. K. Dot's major label debut is a rap feast that resonates for showing the Compton rapper's artistic maturity without sacrificing his underground roots. (Photo: Interscope Records)

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Kendrick Lamar – good Kid, m.A.A.d city - Kendrick's debut album was all about showing a calmer side to a city plagued with gang violence and social ills as the good kid tried to make his way. There are always two sides to every story, and with K.Dot's tale we finally got the brutal truth.Kendrick revealed on "m.A.A.d. City," "I live inside the belly of the rough/ Compton, U.S.A/ Made Me an Angel on Angel Dust."(Photo: Interscope Records)