Lorenzo Jerald Patterson, better known by his stage name MC Ren, is an American rapper from Compton, California. He is the founder and owner of his own record label Villain Entertainment. His moniker is derived from the middle letters in his first name. Ren began his career ...
Lorenzo Patterson , Ren, MC , N.W.A. , Ruthless Villain , Lorenzo Jerald Patterson , The Ruthless Villain
Record Labels
Ruthless Records, Priority Records
Music Groups
N.W.A.
Movies
N.W.A.
Star Sign
Gemini
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Trademark
1
Always wears a hat, usually a Compton-hat
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Fact
1
Grew up in East Compton.
2
Former member of Kelly Park Compton Crips.
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Former member of pioneering gangsta rap group NWA; now a solo artist.
Soundtrack
Title
Year
Status
Character
Keanu
2016
writer: "Fuck Tha Police" - as Lorenzo Patterson
Straight Outta Compton
2015
writer: "Straight Outta Compton", "Gangsta Gangsta", "Quiet On Tha Set", "Fuck Tha Police", "Real Niggaz", "Appetite For Destruction" - as Lorenzo Patterson
Get Santa
2014
writer: "Straight Outta Compton" - as Lorenzo Patterson
Horrible Bosses 2
2014
writer: "Straight Outta Compton" - as Lorenzo Patterson
One Hit Wonderland
2014
TV Series documentary writer - 1 episode
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
2014
TV Series writer - 1 episode
Grand Theft Auto V
2013
Video Game writer: "Appetite for Destruction", "Gangsta Gangsta", "Ballad of a Menace" - as Lorenzo Jerald Patterson
Venus and Serena
2012
Documentary writer: "Straight Outta Compton" - as Lorenzo Patterson
The Watch
2012/I
writer: "Straight Outta Compton" - as Lorenzo Patterson
21 Jump Street
2012
writer: "Straight Outta Compton" - as Lorenzo Patterson
The Filthy Frank Show
2011
TV Series short writer - 2 episodes
The Graham Norton Show
2011
TV Series writer - 1 episode
Take Me Home Tonight
2011
writer: "Straight Outta Compton" - as Lorenzo Patterson
30 for 30
TV Series documentary lyrics - 1 episode, 2010 music - 1 episode, 2010
Fame
2009
writer: "Approach to Danger" - as Lorenzo Patterson
Generation Kill
2008
TV Mini-Series writer - 2 episodes
Who's Your Caddy?
2007
writer: "Straight outta Compton" - as Lorenzo Jerald Patterson
Fuck
2005
Documentary writer: "Fuck tha Police" - as Lorenzo Patterson
Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas
2004
Video Game writer: "Alwayz Into Somethin'"
Happy Homicidal
2002
Short performer: "100 Miles and Running"
Dark Blue
2002
writer: "Homicide", "F... tha Police" - as Lorenzo Patterson
OT: Our Town
2002
Documentary writer: "Straight Outta Compton" - as Lorenzo Patterson
Ali G Indahouse
2002
as MC Ren, "STRAIGHT OUTTA COMPTON"
How High
2001
writer: "Chin Check"
Bones
2001
performer: "The Legend of Jimmy Bones" - as MC Ren / writer: "The Legend of Jimmy Bones" - as Lorenzo Patterson
Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back
2001
writer: "Fuck Tha Police"
Next Friday
2000
writer: "Chin Check" - as L. Patterson
Bulworth
1998
writer: "100 Miles and Running" - as L. Patterson
How to Be a Player
1997
writer: "I Gotta Know" - as Lorenzo Patterson
Original Gangstas
1996
performer: "Who Wanna Be the Villain" - as MC Ren / writer: "Who Wanna Be the Villain" - as L. Patterson
CB4
1993
performer: "May Day on the Front Line" - as MC Ren / writer: "May Day on the Front Line" - as MC Ren / writer: "Prelude", "Straight Outta Compton" - as Lorenzo Patterson
Grand Canyon
1991
writer: "Quiet on the Set", "F*** the Police"
New Jack City
1991
writer: "STRAIGHT OUTTA COMPTON"
The Return of Superfly
1990
"Somethin' Like Dis"
The Freshman
1990
writer: "STRAIGHT OUTTA COMPTON"
Writer
Title
Year
Status
Character
N.W.A.: Straight Outta Compton
1989
Video short Lorenzo Patterson
Composer
Title
Year
Status
Character
Str8 Outta Compton: Episode 1
2006
Video
Miscellaneous
Title
Year
Status
Character
Straight Outta Compton
2015
consultant: N.W.A. - as MC Ren
Self
Title
Year
Status
Character
Streets of Compton
2016
TV Series documentary
Himself
NWA & Eazy-E: Kings of Compton
2015
Documentary
Himself
30 for 30
2010
TV Series documentary
Himself
3rd Annual VH1 Hip-Hop Honors
2006
TV Movie
Himself
The N.W.A. Legacy: The Video Collection
2002
Video
Himself (segments "Hello", "Straight Outta Compton", "Appetite for Destruction", "Alwayz Into Somethin'", "We Want Eazy" and "Final Frontier")
Eazy-E: The Impact of a Legend
2002
Video
Himself
Welcome to Death Row
2001
Video documentary
Himself - Founding Member of NWA
The Up in Smoke Tour
2000
Video documentary
Himself
And Ya Don't Stop: Hip Hop's Greatest Videos, Vol. 1
2000
Video
Himself (segment "Straight Outta Compton") (as N.W.A.)
N.W.A.: Efil4zaggin - The Only Home Video
1992
Video documentary
Himself - Gangster
N.W.A.: Straight Outta Compton
1989
Video short
Himself
Archive Footage
Title
Year
Status
Character
Vanilla Ice Archive
2012
Documentary
Himself
N.W.A.: The World's Most Dangerous Group
2008
TV Movie documentary
Himself
And You Don't Stop: 30 Years of Hip-Hop
2004
TV Mini-Series documentary
Himself
Beef
2003
Documentary
Himself (as MC Ren)
Eazy-E: The Life and Timez of Eric Wright
2002
Video documentary
Himself
Known for movies
21 Jump Street (2012) as Soundtrack
Straight Outta Compton (2015) as Miscellaneous Crew
Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back (2001) as Soundtrack
$1 Million
