DJ Yella

“I made adult films for over 12 years. Apart from the directing aspect, I did all of it - the filming, the editing and the stills. I shot about 300 movies, which was great fun.”

“It's true, we grew up in a ghetto. To us it wasn't too bad, but the police brutality was like that. You see three or four black kids hanging out, they pull you over, jackin' you, makin' you get down on the ground.”

“We were the underground reporters.”

“When Run-DMC came to the club, we saw how simple their show was - wasn't even a 10-minute show - and we, like, looked at each other and said, 'We can make records.'”

“The truth is that there wasn't much competition. There was the East and the West, but there was really no West before us. We came in so different, so real, that we were immediately heard.”

“Before the L.A. riots, I'd only heard of the original Watts riots. But I'd also seen violence like that close up, but in smaller scenarios.”

“Universal woke us up with a movie called 'Straight Outta Compton.'”

“Dre was a person who could see ahead of the beat. He could see the beat before it was even there. He's like a rare person. Very rare.”

“The energy from younger generations is amazing, they go crazy.”

“I like being quiet and just having fun.”