at that point is the biggest hip-hop band there is. >> first time i heard nwa i was like that ice guyhop, you're not going to come in as the new kid and decide this is the thing like the east coast is the home of hip-hop and we're always going to have a say in where hip-hop goes. ♪ mad thinking about stomping ♪ i'm from the south bronx ♪ [ bleep ] compton >> you going to continue making a lot of money off this? >> long as it's violence it's going to be rap music, gangsta rap music, whatever. >> nwa was always too hot to hold. it had to splinter. and the first person who walks away is ice cube. ♪ tried to kill me >> same reason ice cube left the group is the reason i left. you know, tired of making other people money. it's my turn. ♪ tonight's the night i get in some -- ♪ ♪ deep cover on the incognito tip ♪ >> suge knight, who wasn't a real gangster, got into cahoots with dr. dre and said, dre, we should start our own record label, which became death row records. >> knight, 6'3", 330-pound former bodyguard has become one of the most feared men in the music business. >> you got dr. dre,