“Rap was forbidden with the people who were interviewing us and the shows that I was getting [booked on], and I had kind of crossed over. So Jerry [Heller, who managed N.W.A.] would tell me, 'Do not say you're a rapper, always say you're R&B.'” PeopleKindShowsRapRapperForbiddenJerry Author:Michel'le
“Then instead of introducing Dre as the guy from N.W.A., Jerry Heller would say Dre was my producer! Dre would come to my interviews with me - he'd come to all these places that would never have had the guy from N.W.A. Wasn't it genius?” GuyGeniusProducersInterviewsIntroducingJerry Author:Michel'le
“Do you see how Jerry Heller made it work? That is how he combined what we did to make the rap music into mass music. That's exactly how it happened.” MadeHappenedMassRapMade ItJerryRap Music Author:Michel'le
