J. J. Fad On NWA Film: It Would've Taken 2 Secs to Say Our Name

It's J. J. Fad and they're here to vent.

"Straight Outta Compton" has been dominating box offices worldwide, and like most criticially acclaimed films, many have found certain faults throughout, like the number of people affiliated with Ruthless Records who weren't mentioned in the biopic. The "Supersonic" trio is one of them, and "it would have taken literally two seconds to say" their name, says J.J. Fad co-founder Juana "MC JB" Sperling. Neither Sperling, Dania "Baby D" Birks, nor Michelle "Sassy C" Franklin were invited to the film's premiere.

"They generated a lot of money for our company. People never thought about some of the other stuff we had there, like J.J. Fad and Michel'le, but that was a big part of the Ruthless story," recalls N.W.A.'s former manager, Jerry Heller, during an interview with the LA Times. "Eazy and I loved those girls."

J. J. Fad put "Ruthless Records on the map" months before N.W.A.'s "Straight Outta Compton" album was released. The Rialto, California natives helped to "set the foundation" of the label with their infectious hit, and Heller says "Ruthless owes them a great debt of gratitude" because of it. "They were our family. They were like brothers," says Birks. "We go to sleep with them, wake up with them. 'Let's go to the studio — work with them.' It was everything. It just seemed like, you don't forget about people that easily. I mean, I didn't."

The "Supersonic" checks forced Eazy-E to open up his first bank account. "'They have J.J. Fad, who's already gone gold, on their way to going platinum.' It made it a lot easier for N.W.A to break through. I think that's super important," Sperling states. "I think there was a certain image that they wanted to put out there, and I don't think they wanted us to soften that. That's just my perception, and I don't know if it's true or not. The way the story was told was very hard-core, so I'm thinking, there were a couple soft sides, but our presence in it might have been a little too soft."

Source: LATimes