Editing World Class Wreckin' Cru (section)

==Success and break up==
Alonzo Williams created the label "Kru-cut" which began releasing The Wreckin' Cru music through the mid-1980s with very minimal resources through Macola Records", a local independent record manufacturing and distributing company.<ref name="RegionalGuide">{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=XkCncJ7j744C&dq=World+Class+Wreckin%27+Cru&pg=PA233 |title=Hip Hop in America: A Regional Guide - Mickey Hess - Google Books |date=2009-11-25 |isbn=9780313343216 |access-date=2015-08-18|last1=Hess |first1=Mickey }}</ref> The Cru released the single "Slice", followed by "Surgery".  By 1985 Kru-Cut had produced World Class’ debut album, [[World Class]]. The success of their early releases led to a major record deal with CBS/[[Epic Records]].<ref name="RegionalGuide"/> With Cli-N-Tel leaving after the first album to control his own direction in life, this left Shakespeare to step up to be the prominent MC as they signed with Epic Records.<ref name="RegionalGuide" /> With this they released a string of singles and also their second album, [[Rapped In Romance]].

After being signed to CBS records Lonzo was asked if he had any other acts. After seeing Dre's cousin Jinx' group perform in a rap contest, a teenage group called [[C.I.A. (group)|C.I.A.]] (Cru in Action) starring O'Shea "[[Ice Cube]]" Jackson, Dre's cousin Tony   "[[Sir Jinx]]" Wheaton and Darrell   "[[K-Dee]]" Johnson, who with Dre would record a demo tape called "She's a Skag". The group was then signed to a single deal with CBS.

After being released from CBS, in April 1988, the Wreckin’ Cru featuring Michel'le, Dre's girlfriend, released their hit slow jam "Turn off the Lights" peaked at #54 on the Billboard Black Singles Charts. This was the WCWC biggest hit. WCWC which was primarily known as a dance and romance act released many locally successful songs including "Surgery," "Juice," "Cabbage Patch," and "Lovers during their tenure.

World Class's success was building an army of fans in the underground scene and each member a valued reputation. At this stage the look of Prince and Michael Jackson's Thriller outfits were cool, glitzy purple leather suits, sequin suits not unlike the glam-rock look running parallel to this scene, Dre was growing tired of the image and considered Lonzo's direction to be soft and yearned to control his own expression in music.<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=o5eyEaMteo4C&dq=World+Class+Wreckin%27+Cru&pg=PA9 |title=Dr. Dre in the Studio: From Compton, Death Row, Snoop Dogg, Eminem, 50 Cent ... - Jake Brown - Google Books |isbn=9780976773559 |access-date=2015-08-18|last1=Brown |first1=Jake |year=2006 }}</ref>

At this time, Dre was working on side projects for local entrepreneur Eric "[[Eazy-E]]" Wright in the Kru-Cut studio, and Ice Cube was ghostwriting for the World Class single "House Calls/Cabbage Patch" in 1987. The last time Dre was arrested and jailed for missed court appearances on multiple traffic violations was in 1986, when he owed $166, enough for an arrest warrant, and Lonzo refused to bail him out a third time. Eazy-E posted it in return for Dre's production for E's new record label, Ruthless Records. Eazy, Dre and Cube’s combined collaboration of talent then formed [[N.W.A]]. As a solo artist, Lonzo released another LP, titled Phases in Life, in 1990. World Class member Shakespeare sought to become a pastor.