Editing World Class Wreckin' Cru (section)

{{Short description|American electro, R&B and hip hop group}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=April 2025}}
{{Infobox musical artist
| name = World Class Wreckin' Cru
| image = World Class Wreckin' Cru.jpeg
| caption = World Class Wreckin' Cru in 1985
| image_size = 
| background = group_or_band
| alias = {{hlist|The Cru|The World Cru Bangers}}
| origin = [[Compton, California]], U.S.
| genre = {{hlist|[[Electro (music)|Electro]]|[[Hip hop music|hip hop]]|[[Contemporary R&B|R&B]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/artist/world-class-wreckin-cru-mn0000957631/biography|title=World Class Wreckin' Cru|author=John Bush|website=[[AllMusic]]|accessdate=6 August 2021|quote=Compton electro/rap/R&B group}}</ref>}}
| years_active = {{hlist|1983–1987|1990–1991}}
| label = {{hlist|Kru-Cut|[[Epic Records|Epic]]|Macola Records}}
| past_members =
* [[DJ Alonzo Williams]]
* Shakespeare
* [[Dr. Dre]]
* Dr. Rock
* [[The Unknown DJ]]
* Cli-N-Tel
* [[Michel'le]]
* [[DJ Yella]]
* Mona Lisa
* Steel Neil
* Winnie Wee
}}

'''World Class Wreckin' Cru''' was an American [[electro music|electro]] group, during the 1980s in the Los Angeles area, that contributed to rap's development. Two of its members, [[Dr. Dre]] and [[DJ Yella]], attained greater fame as members of [[N.W.A]], which pioneered [[gangsta rap]]. A song by the Cru had also featured R&B singer [[Michel'le]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://uk.complex.com/style/2013/06/the-worst-hip-hop-fashion-fails-of-all-time/dr-dre-in-the-world-class-wrecking-crew |title=Dr. Dre's World Class Wreckin' Cru uniform - The Worst Hip-Hop Fashion Fails of All Time &#124; Complex UK |publisher=Uk.complex.com |date=2013-06-27 |access-date=2015-08-18}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last=Cizmar |first=Martin |url=http://www.laweekly.com/music/whatever-happened-to-nwas-posse-2164896 |title=Whatever Happened to N.W.A's Posse? |publisher=L.A. Weekly |date=2010-05-06 |access-date=2015-08-18}}</ref><ref>[https://www.nytimes.com/2015/08/13/magazine/the-roller-rink-origins-of-nwa.html?_r=0]  {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151002182324/http://www.nytimes.com/2015/08/13/magazine/the-roller-rink-origins-of-nwa.html?_r=0|date=October 2, 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bustle.com/articles/105005-11-dj-yella-songs-to-know-as-the-nwa-member-helped-craft-the-sound-of-80s |title=Bustle |date=18 August 2015 |publisher=Bustle |access-date=2015-08-18}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=9ysEAAAAMBAJ&dq=World+Class+Wreckin%27+Cru&pg=PA20 |title=Vibe - Google Books |date= March 1994|access-date=2015-08-18}}</ref>