White Label Radio brought back Jerry Heller to discuss his thoughts on the recent N.W.A. biopic, his lawsuit, his legacy and more. Follow us online @whitelabelradio
You are correct, except my facts are not from the movie. I was around there during this time (no connections to any of them) but i had a front row seat while it all went down. He kept a good relationship with Eazy after he was fired, as well as his family after his death. Jerry was at the funeral (with Yella being the only NWA member at the funeral) I don't believe his firing had anything to do with any kind of major incident. They were both skimming the top of the books. What I recall was they were going to do a reunion and the other members did not want Heller involved. It also is very obvious they indeed did him dirty..I mean why exclude him, yet claim the accuracy of the character. It's pretty sad, IMO as you could see his interest here was his legacy. Unfortunately, the new generation of little fuck-boys who, as you stated, are demonizing him due to a movie. Perhaps they should give equal time, pick up a book (his) and then make a decision. Ironically, I was always ambivalent toward Heller, but with all this bullshit toward him now I feel for him as he's getting a raw deal here....and I wouldn't wish that on anyone.
sarah taylor that was the problem. He took care of Eazy but not the rest of the group. Eazy was the star. He was able to get into his mind and manipulate him.
Why do current day radio host always talk more than their guest? I can't stand someone doing an interview that talk their asses off more than the person they are interviewing
N’awlins Boy here I graduated from John Ehret High School in Marrero, Louisiana in 1989. I remember when I bought my first NWA cassette. I was 17 and just had saved enough to get my first ride. An old 81 Z-28 with a worn out suspension made it look lowered. Had the old Cragars on it. Went to Radio Shack and bought 2 realistic 6x9s for under $100. So I’m jamming with Led Zeppelin and Black Sabbath. A lil past my time but I’m a late blooming Bastard so you know. I heard Easy singing on another homies stereo. I bought it and that was my sht man!! Still is!! Led Zeppelin and NWA! We some mixed Heinz 57 raced MF over here. Boosie come out with the best name for us. Called us the Trailer Boys. Willowdale boys. Just a 52 Trailer Boy now though. Proud of my hometown and the talent it has produced. And have all respect for my Homies. All but one of my young homies are still alive. You know how that goes you know. Later, and thanks for the great content. The Mind gets Crystal Clearer when we unplug the TV straight up 100
We are so sorry FOR your loss it so sad because of the passing of hustle and why I made comments THANK you for opening weekend we went to pasenda and I worked in Calabasas at Davis Reshearch but it was filled with only people like HIM. Hugs and kisses from everyone in hip hop wethebusiness.com
let BG Knocc Out or somebody that was around Eazy at that time tell it Eazy never went to Jerry's home to fire him. he sent him a pink slip or something in the mail.
I don't agree with what he supposedly did to a group of young kids, but you can't knock Jerry's hustle man! Most of all this man was one of the founders and managers of one of the greatest rap groups in the history of rap, most of the ppl in this man's group that he brought to us, later became some of the greatest top rappers/lyracist of all time. You gotta respect him as much as you hate him. Without Jerry Heller we wouldn't have heard none of the great music these guys put our over the years and all of the great talent they still let us see today.
RIP Jerry Heller! The REAL pioneer of gangsta rap music! If there was no Jerry Heller, there would be no NWA, DRE, EAZY, OR CUBE! You will always be remembered Jerry! Nothing but respect!
I agree with him, I didn't reckon much to the movie was all bout Dre n Cube and glorified them, yet didnt mention Dre beating up woman and potrayed him as a good guy. and they made Eazy look soft when it's known he was the only one really whpo'd put in any of the work regarding the lifestyles they use to rap about. dont beleive Suge beat him up he was never seen in the media beat up and was one of most famous ppl in America at the time, Dont beleive he was ever broke n selling weed when he ran Ruthless! and dont beleive he cried seeing the Chronic on a billboard knowing full well he was a good business man and was making money off of it. so although i dont know much about Jerry listening to this and watching the movie makes me think allot of Cubes ill will towards him is why he was potrayed in such a bad light
Michel'le said that Jerry wasn't bad and she felt as a manager he took care of Ruthless her included. When Dre was beating her Jerry was the ONLY one who cared.
Let’s be real it was just funny that he is the only person who said this movie was a lie when EZ was a Executive producer on the movie and his son helped the actor who played EZ so some things can’t be a lie now. I know Jerry dead but he never started that label. They all said even the widow said they just wanted to be hood stars.
bullshit he was human being who knew he was blessed to be involved with something bigger than himself and he was glad to do it, Jerry’s heart was invested in Ruthless NWA and Eazy E
I mean, yeah, but imagine a movie depicts you the wrong way and all of a sudden the whole country thinks you're a crook? Could you live with that with no bad feelings?
Love him or hate him you gotta be smart and be real he should have been involved in the film and the actor who played Jerry should have talked to Jerry as well Also im a fan of Jerry
People can say what they want about jerry heller but if it wasnt for his white skin and skills in the buisness nwa wouldnt be inducted into the rock n roll hall of fame did he rip off artitsts we will never know the public that is but jerry heller did great things for eazy e and ruthless records the movie left out all kinds of historical moments in music history they left out arabian prince jj fad above the law michelle'le bone thugs those were really important artists in the legacy of eazy E and RUTHLESS Records i just want to say thank you jerry for bringing nwa and ruthless records legacy to the fyckin masses rip jerry
Apparently Jerry was really upset about he was portrayed in Straight Outta Compton. He was really stressed, he was driving, had a massive heart attack, crashed and died. I think he truly did care about Eazy and the guys. NWA was bound to fall apart, too many egos fighting for attention and money. I think Jerry had good intentions. He was really torn up when Eazy died. I watched that Lifetime movie with Michel'le and she portrayed him as almost a father figure to her. I think some of the guys were a little disrespectful toward Jerry and said things about him being Jewish, which I don't understand why someone who had been beaten down because they were gangsters and stupid, and called racist horrible things, why someone who went through that kind of discrimination would turn around and make anti semantic remarks about Jerry. Makes no sense. I'm sure not everything in the movie was 100% true. They have to make it so it's entertaining enough for people to go see. The movie was good, but I'm sure not all of it was true.
***** I absolutely agree with you. I saw an interview with Charlemagne, he is a rapper and has a radio show I think, he saw "Straight Outta Compton " and had a lot of interesting things to say about it. First, Eazy E was nowhere near how they had him portrayed in the movie. I saw that Eazy's kids said the same thing, that Eazy was 1st and foremost a gangbanger, he wasn't scared of ANYONE, including Suge Knight. If Suge did actually bring a bunch of thugs to Eazy and force him to let Dre out of his contract or they would pay his mom a visit, and then roughed him up. Eazy would NOT have sat there and said okay, no problem. Eazy would've probably pull a gun out and started shooting or at least would've retaliated. There's no way he would've just agreed and that was it. Also they made Eazy seem soft, like when he was driving and saw the billboard sign with Dr. Dre's Chronic album shown on it, the movie made it look like Eazy was ready to cry and was all upset. No way, they said, if Eazy truly saw that billboard, he would've pulled over and shot at it or torched it or something. Also, the movie made Dre look like super hero and just an all around great guy. Back in the day, first, Dre drank a lot and when he got trashed he would beat the crap out of his girl, Michel'le or whatever girls he was with. They also conveniently left out the part when Dre beat the crap outta that MTV reporter lady Dee Barnes. Left out all the kids he had with different women, left out his scary temper he had, any pretty much anything that would make Dre look bad in any way. They left out that Michel'le that dated Dre and then Married Suge Knight. A lot was left out of that movie. Dre and Cube did that movie script, they made the characters look how they wanted to, they left some stuff out, put extra stuff in and really didn't get anyone else's input into the movie. They didn't ask any of the other NWA members input or opinion about anything they wanted to put in the movie. So we need to take the movie with a grain of salt and remember it was Dre and Cubes recollection of the past so it won't 100%non fiction. Still we pretty interesting though. Must have been crazy to film to have actors portraying you. Speaking of getting input from key players, they must have cramped their pants when Suge Knight showed up on site supposedly wanting to talk to Dre about getting a cut of the royalties and wound up running down 2 guys and killing 1 of them then driving off the set. Suge thought he should get a cut of the movie royalties because they did have an actor that was playing Suge, and also Suge lost a lot of money in prison and Death Row was auctioned off so he needed money and I guess thought if he went there and intimidated and threatened Dre, he would give Suge a piece of the pie. Guess Suge just doesn't have that effect on ppl like that anymore.
Jerry totally lied about Lil Eazy E not being able to read for the part. In an interview with Vlad, Lil Eazy said that he auditioned for the movie and was called back 2 or 3 times.
I saw an interview with Easy's son and he said he did read for the part a couple of times, but didn't get it. He is a little chunky to play his dad, but that can be worked on at the gym and diet. Dude looks exactly like him though.
You can't blame this man for hustling. EZ was a hustler, they naturally attracted one another and made magic together, one without the other and no magic.
The part of eazy e son said that they wanted him to be his dad in the movie but there was one problem eazy e was skinny when eazy was alive but his son wasn't skinny. Suge knight did said on jimmy Kimmel show that he put hiv in eazy e with a niddle.
+Amerikkka's Most Wanted Masses of people can be mistaken though. Just because a group thinks the same thing doesn't make it true. I guarantee eazy would have a different story.
OK there's two sides to every story everyone knows that but I think that strata Compton was a phenomenal movie and stay true to the characters to a T in my opinion I me what he said was Chyna true about them jump and easy only because used to watch behind the music and I believe easy's wife side of the story but I just think he's being a hater because no one wanted him in the mix but once again it's my opinion
everybodys hella misinformed,jerry and eazy created nwa,created gangsta rap,taught,dre,cube eazy. the biz,disloyalty is wat led to nwa s demise.the movvie was fake gganggsta,beat theif. cubes portrayal
Not sure if you are being funny or what. But I agree Jerry and Easy deserve credit for NWA and the gangsta rap movement spreading. But what broke them up was basic economics. No one else is to blame.
Jerry heller did make it possible but no he didn't start it. Like dre said they didn't make cuz heller they made cuz there shit is dope. The actor who played heller did an amazing job Jerry just can't take the truth. "Speak a little truth and people loose they minds." - Ice Cube
They messed up bad by not letting Jerry be a part of the project. Dre and Cube like to hold vendettas especially Ice Cube (Mack 10) I heard Jerry passed away with a NWA CD in his vehicle Jerry could of made that movie a lot better and it was one of the best top selling movies of 2015 Whether you like him or not he was there from the very start They gave Yella and Ren such small roles too smh RIP Eazy E, RIP Jerry.
he said easy never got beat down by suge knight but if you watch in an earlier interview he specifically says easy was beaten by suge right across the street in the studio.
About his comments a regarding easy and shook there was an altercation and there was a police report about that altercation and shook was arrested because of what happened in that altercation and he got a slap on the wrist and easy really wanted pay back and Jerry Didn't know anything about it he found out about it later
Jerry Heller was he there before ruthless was started i.e NWA. before he signed them so how the actual fuck is his truth truthful. before that was he there when it all came about and where they got the lyrics and the motivation to wright them lyrics
If he thinks NWA were the best and biggest thing for music and the culture in the world at the time then why didn't he just pay them what they were worth instead of happily letting the group fall apart???
Could some of you get your heads out of your arses for a moment? It's acknowledged by at least Cube that Eazy's part would be the most difficult and would definitely need a professional. Cube's son could play Cube because, you know, what is that part? 🤷♂️😂
True. The movie was bullshit from the start. Hell, they don't even got the song ''Real Compton City G's'', ''It's On'' or ''Wut Would U Do'' in it and everybody knows that Dre wouldn't have punched anyone at Death Row records because he would probably be dead by now if he did.
In regards to ice Qube He is still bitter to this day because he still believes that he should have come paid more money that anybody else in NWA more money easy or Dreor or yella whoever else it was he wanted top dollar One thing that he did not understand it will dubbed or stand until he became an Actor is that your a rapper and the last person he gets paid and a record label will always make more money than you it doesn't matter what you do She feel that the money that he was basically going to get as a signing bonus because he did not sign a contract with ruthless records he was basically and unsigned free agent but as a rookie you're lucky to get any money no matter how the lyrics you wrote Typically unless you in a contract state that you get a writing credit you're not gonna make any money from writing lyrics of any kind
Jerry lied cube did call in EAZY son to read twice actually and cube and Dre made the decision that they need a more polished actor to do the role of easy. seems to me like Dre and cube made sure they looked good in the movie but they kinda clowned EAZY. straight up they just did. slot of shit portrayed in the movie about EAZY was untrue
Kevin Williams Eazy e looked great in the movie. I think it depends on people's talent. Like if the actor that portrayed Eazy e had better talent than Eazy e son than that's why Cube and Dre went with the actor and I don't blame them. Eazy e son is already known and has a platform. Cube and Dre gave a good opportunity to the actor so he can start his career. Not everything has to be an argument. Somethings are just better done the right way.
+Bywy jimma tbf the movie only focused mainly on Eazy, Dre and Cube. hardly any MC Ren, DJ Yella and D.O.C. and there wasn't anything about Arabian Prince at all.
None of NWA came for him when he put his book out!!! But he comes for them as soon as they do a movie about there own first hand experiences!!! Straight up culture vulture!!!!
