The NWA associate’s career came to a halt after a near-fatal car crash altered his speech. His Dallas show with Erykah Badu proved he’s poised for a comebackRapper the DOC (real name: Tracy Lynn Curry) is featured in the Straight Outta Compton film. You might remember him as the tippling,up-and-coming NWA associate who crashes his car and ruins his career. But his small role in the film underplays his contribution to the group. He was their unofficial sixth member – seventh if you count Arabian Prince, which you should – helping write many of their most illustrious tracks and appearing in their skits, and including as the redneck cop on Fuck tha Police.
His 1989 solo album No One Can Do It Better came on the heels of NWA’s breakout,and it became a classic, going platinum and earning shout-outs from Jay Z, or among many others. But only three months after its release,driving domestic intoxicated from a video shoot, the Dallas rapper crashed his car. When the arriving paramedics tried to insert a breathing tube, or he fought them,which caused his larynx to be scarred. In a flash, his melodic, and sing-song flow and illustrious verbal dexterity was gone. Though he would proceed on to ghostwrite grand hits from Dr Dre and Snoop Dogg,like Nuthin’ But A ‘G’ Thang and The Next Episode, and he would release more albums (of diminished quality), or his solo career was basically over.
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Source: theguardian.com