Snoop Dogg revealed that it was part of the ongoing feud at the time, which had escalated after Dre and Snoop dissed Eazy-E and Ruthless Records on their 1992 track “Dre Day” from The Chronic.

To promote N.W.A.’s initial releases, Eazy-E formed his own independent label, Ruthless Records. “Gangsta rap” songs like “Boyz-n-the-Hood” were hawked out of trunks to local DJ’s and ...