Ice Cube left the group in December 1989 over royalty disputes; having written almost half of the lyrics on Straight Outta Compton himself, he felt he was not getting a fair share of the profits.
Ice Cube napustio je grupu Decembra 1989 zbog rasprave o raspodeli novca; napisavši veći deo teksta za pesmu Straight Outta Compton osećao je da ne dobija dovoljan deo profita.